We have one DS4072, one Disk system with 2 controllers and 2 FC by controllers.
This means, all AIX FC see all Disk systems controllers by 2 FC switchs. (one fc two roads)
FC AIX -----> SWITCH A <----- 2 FC Controllers. A1 - B1
FC AIX -----> SWITCH B <----- 2 FC Controllers. A2 - B2
Is it support?. Because I only see one DAR (it is correct because I have only on partition on my Disk System). But I see 4 DAC ( DAC0 - DAC3 ) and I can not configure fault tolerant.
You will need to make use of some multipathing software like powerpath,SDD or IBM MPIO [ it's free ].
AFAIK, powerpath, SDD or MPIO is NOT supported on AIX and the DS4000 Family of products.
Again, AFAIK, the ONLY product supported on AIX and the DS4000 Family of products is --> RDAC. RDAC on AIX provides the pseudo multipathing s/w you need. I use the word pseudo only to suggest it is not really multipathing but more redundant paths, with only one path active to a LUN at any given time.
But the landscape is always changing.... should powerpath, SDD or MPIO every be supported by AIX and the DS4000 Family of products, please correct me & post a link so we can all read about the new support.
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Originally Posted by fjgonzalez
Sorry for my english.
We have a IBM BLADES JS21. AIX 5.3 update to 6.
Our JS21 has 2 FC (fcs0 and fcs1).
We have one DS4072, one Disk system with 2 controllers and 2 FC by controllers.
This means, all AIX FC see all Disk systems controllers by 2 FC switchs. (one fc two roads)
FC AIX -----> SWITCH A <----- 2 FC Controllers. A1 - B1
FC AIX -----> SWITCH B <----- 2 FC Controllers. A2 - B2
Is it support?. Because I only see one DAR (it is correct because I have only on partition on my Disk System). But I see 4 DAC ( DAC0 - DAC3 ) and I can not configure fault tolerant.
Thanks.
Is the DS4072 a typo ? Sorry, never heard of the DS4072. I'll assume what you have is from the DS4000 family of storage products.
Since you have stated you have "darX and dacX" devices installed it appears the RDAC drivers are installed just fine. BTW, no further fault tolerant configuration is needed. RDAC handles it automatically, provided your configraution is correct. BUT, as depicted the above configuration is NOT supported. You might get portions to work, but expect to be plagued with problems.
To convert your configuration to a supported config on AIX, an example of where you need to get to is next:
fcs0 -----> switch A <------ A1 controller
fcs1 -----> switch B <------ B1 controller
To get to this config, "some" of the things you need to do are:
Alternatively, for steps 4 & 5, implement zoning in your switches so that AIX "never" sees the A2 & B2 controllers.
When set up correctly, you'll see only the following devices:
In your case, if your AIX system sees extra "darX or dacX" devices or extra "hdiskX" devices, there's an error in your config & you'll need to go back & debug your installation.
Hope this helps.
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