Storage related AIX Commands

See the current OS levels

uname -a

oslevel -r

oslevel -q

oslevel -g

See adapters, drivers, and microcode.See the bottom of this section for AIX part number mappings

lsdev -Cc adapter -spci | grep fcs   For each of the FCS instances

Micorcode

lsmcode -cd fcs0

Firmware

lscfg -vl fcs0 | grep Z9

Driver

lsdev -C -Ftype,name | grep -i fcs

Software

lslpp -l | grep -i hba

lslpp -l | grep “FC Software”

lslpp -L EMC.Symm*   Should get two outputs – aix and fcp

lslpp -L devices.pci.df1000f7.com

lslpp -L devices.pci.df1000f*

Disk type/info

lsattr -El hdisk

lsattr -El vpath

List Powerpath info

Software

lslpp -l | grep -i powerpath

Devices

lsdev -C -t power

WWN

Loop for each adapter

lscfg -vl fcs0 | grep Z8

IBM Part numbers

To determine the part numbers for the HBAs

lscfg -vpl fcs0 | grep “Part Number”

To corrolate the Part Number from above to a “Feature Code”

that EMC uses in their documentation OR to a HBA vendor model.

Emulex LP10000  FC 5716

80P4543 (FRU 80P4544)

80P4544

Emulex LP9002   FC 6228

00P2995 (FRU 00P2996)

00P2996

00P4494 (FRU 00P4495)

00P4495

03N2452 (FRU 09P0102)

09P0102

09P5079 (FRU 09P5080)

09P5080

80P4381 ???

80P4384

Emulex LP9802   FC 6239

00P4295

00P4297

Emulex LP7000   FC 6227

00P1882

03N4167

09P1162

09P1173

09P4038

24L0023

INITIAL load software, drivers and firmware

NOTE: You may need to modify lines for the APPROPRIATE version

mount nimserver:/depot/Software/UNIX /mnt

Drivers

See if they are already loaded

lslpp -L devices.pci.df1000f*

If not, then

cd /mnt/aix/aix52_apar_IY56722

installp -a -Q -d . devices.pci.df1000fa.rte

smit install_software

use dot (.) for directory

select the following:

devices.pci.df1000fa

devices.pci.df1000f7

Multipath software

AIX

lsvpcfg

lspv

AIX SDD

datapath query version

datapath query adapter

datapath query device

datapath query essmap

datapath query wwpn

datapath query portmap

datapath query adaptstats <n>

datapath query devstats <n>

EMC Symmetrix software

cd /mnt/EMC/Drivers/AIX

installp -qa -d ./EMC.AIX.5.2.0.0  EMC.Symmetrix.aix.rte EMC.Symmetrix.fcp.rte

EMC ECC package

cd /mnt/EMC/ECC/Control_Center_5.2

./install_master.sh ‘pwd‘

/opt/ecc

ECC-servername

default

default

Y

/opt/ecc/exec/start_master.csh

echo “ecc:2:once:/opt/ecc/exec/start_master.csh > /dev/console 2>&1 Start ECCagent” >> /etc/inittab

EMC PowerPath

Must have a valid PowerPath license for this host

cd /mnt/EMC/PowerPath/PowerPath4.4/aix

installp -qa -d ./EMCpower_install EMCpower

/usr/sbin/emcpreg -install

/usr/sbin/powermt check_registration

View SDD

lsvpcfg

datapath query adapter

datapath query device

5.X and greater

iostat -m

Initialize HBAs in ODM

diag

Advanced Diag Routines

System Verification

(select each fcsX => F7)

loopback plug? no

F10

Configure disks

cfgmgr -vl fcs0

cfgmgr -vl fcs1

EMC Symmetrix software

cfgmgr -v

/usr/lpp/EMC/Symmetrix/bin/emc_cfgmgr

/usr/sbin/powermt config

/usr/sbin/powermt save

SDD

config HBA into SDD

/usr/sbin/allpaths

config Paths via HBA

cfgmgr -l dpo

**or**

/usr/lib/methods/cfallvpath -2

lsdev -Cc disk | grep -i emc

lspv

if this is the DR node, it needs to see failover disk’s serial numbers

so in can import the volumegroup

for DISK in $(lspv | grep hdiskpower | awk ‘{print $1}’)

do

echo $DISK

chdev -l $DISK -a pv=yes

done