Chapter 2 Preparing For New Device Configuration - Hitachi Freedom Storage Lightning 9900 V series Configuration Manual

Chapter 2 Preparing for New Device Configuration
Before you can configure the 9900V, you must take the following steps:
Installing the 9900V subsystem (see section 2.2).
Setting the host mode and configuring the fibre-channel ports (see section 2.3).
Connecting the 9900V subsystem (see section 2.4).
Configuring the host fibre-channel adapters (see section 2.5).
Verifying device recognition (see section 2.6).
2.1 Configuration Requirements
The requirements for 9900V Red Hat
Hitachi Lightning 9900™ V Series subsystem, all-open or multiplatform configuration.
– The 9900V LUN Manager software is used to configure the fibre-channel (FC) ports. If
the remote LUN Manager feature is not installed, please contact your Hitachi Data
Systems account team for information on LUN and fibre-channel configuration
services.
Note: The availability of 9900V features and devices depends on the level of
microcode installed on the 9900V subsystem.
– The 9900V LUN Manager software is used to configure the fibre-channel (FC) ports.
For additional instructions, please refer to the Hitachi Lightning 9900™ V Series LUN
Manager User's Guide (MK-92RD105). If the Remote LUN Manager software is not
installed, the Hitachi Data Systems representative can configure the fibre-channel
ports for you using the SVP of the subsystem. Please contact your Hitachi Data
Systems account team for further information on LUN fibre-channel configuration
services.
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Note: Hitachi Data Systems plans to support future releases of Red Hat
document will be updated as needed to cover version-specific information.
Root (superuser) login access to the host system.
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