You must configure the Virtual I/O Server and the IBM® i client
operating system before you can use IBM i as
a host with the Lenovo Storage V7000 system.
Before you configure the host operating
systems, the following tasks must be completed:
- The Lenovo service representative must
have installed the Lenovo Storage V7000 system.
- You must have installed the appropriate host bus adapter and driver
on your host system.
After the prerequisite tasks are complete, use the following
general steps to configure your host operating system:
- Zone the Virtual I/O Server to the Lenovo Storage V7000 system on the Fibre Channel network.
- Install the Lenovo Storage V7000 system subsystem device driver path-control module
(SDDPCM) on the Virtual I/O Server to enable the management of multiple
paths to the Lenovo Storage V7000 system volumes.
- Create the host system on the Lenovo Storage V7000 system using the worldwide port names (WWPNs).
Map the volumes to the host as required.
Note: The IBM i virtual
I/O client supports boot from a SAN with a
volume for the load source of 20 GB or larger.
- Run the cfgdev command on the Virtual I/O Server
to configure the new disks. Use the lspath command
to ensure that disks are enlisted to all paths to the Lenovo Storage V7000 system.
- Map the Lenovo Storage V7000 system LUNs (hdisks on the Virtual I/O Server)
uniquely to the IBM i virtual
SCSI client adapters using the mkvdev command.
- Ensure on the Hardware Management Console (HMC) that the I/O tagging
for the IBM i virtual
I/O client partition is correctly set for the load source and the
alternate restart device.
- Start installing IBM i version
6 release 1 or later.