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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users openSuse 10.3 , Emulex HBA Post 302271762 by cjcox on Saturday 27th of December 2008 10:19:09 PM
Old 12-27-2008
First update your firmware to latest levels (if you haven't already).

IBM Entry Level Disk Storage: Overview - IBM System Storage


You'll need to install the SMclient software on a machine connected to the array. Often times this is a machine connected out-of-band directly to the ethernet mgmt port of the storage array... but I believe the software can send messages via the fibre HBA (in some cases) to communicate with the unit. You'll have to look at the compatibility matrix from IBM to determine if you have the right pieces for that... so I recommend that you do the out-of-band option.

Read all about it from the Redbook at:
IBM Redbooks | IBM System Storage DS3000: Introduction and Implementation Guide

I might have access to one of these devices at the office, but it's likely we've got it configured with some other kind of proprietary IBM sw... (let's just say IBM doesn't get a "user friendly" award in this case).

Anyway, assuming you can get a Windows or Linux host connected to the out-of-band ethernet port of the DS3000 and get the Storage Manger sw installed (SMclient), then from that interface you can configure LUNs, etc.

HTH,
Chris
 

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hbaapi(3C)																hbaapi(3C)

NAME
hbaapi - Fibre Channel Storage Network Industry Association Host Bus Adapter Application Programming Interface (FC SNIA HBA API) DESCRIPTION
The Common HBA API provides a consistent HBA standard interface for accessing information in a Fibre Channel Storage Area Network (SAN) that would be implemented across vendors as a standard 'C' API supported by vendor specific library instances. This API library is thread-safe, but threads should not be cancelled when execution is in the API. The following functions are available in the API for managing a Fibre Channel HBA. This API would be exposed to upper level applications to control SAN functionality. Please refer to for details on structures used. 01. 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. FCP Information Functions require that the applications calling them have an effective user id as that of the root user (euid = 0). 20. 21. 22. SCSI Information Functions require that the applications calling them have an effective user id as that of the root user (euid = 0). 23. 24. FILES
Contains the related data structures and definitions as in AUTHOR
These APIs were developed by Hewlett-Packard Company. SEE ALSO
HBA_GetVersion(3C), HBA_LoadLibrary(3C), HBA_FreeLibrary(3C), HBA_GetNumberOfAdapters(3C), HBA_GetAdapterName(3C), HBA_OpenAdapter(3C), HBA_CloseAdapter(3C), HBA_GetAdapterAttributes(3C), HBA_GetAdapterPortAttributes(3C), HBA_GetPortStatistics(3C), HBA_GetDiscoveredPortAt- tributes(3C), HBA_GetPortAttributesByWWN(3C), HBA_SendCTPassThru(3C), HBA_GetEventBuffer(3C), HBA_SetRNIDMgmtInfo(3C), HBA_GetRNIDMgmt- Info(3C), HBA_SendRNID(3C), HBA_GetFcpTargetMapping(3C), HBA_GetFcpPersistentBinding(3C), HBA_SendScsiInquiry(3C), HBA_SendReportLUNs(3C), HBA_SendReadCapacity(3C), HBA_RefreshInformation(3C), HBA_ResetStatistics(3C). hbaapi(3C)
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