SUMMARY:Adding a second A5x00 array to UE4500

From: End User (UnixHelp_@excite.com)
Date: Wed Sep 27 2000 - 16:08:22 CDT


Sorry for the delayed summary; my E4500 and 5200 array finally
arrived last week. Again, my current setup was a 4500 with 1 A5000.
The 5000 has 4 GBICs. I have 2 HBAs, 1 in I/O board 1 and the other
in I/O board 5. The new equipment to be added was 2 new HBAs and
a A5200.

To begin, I disconnected the fiber cables from the 5000. I added
the 2 new HBAs ( 1 in I/O board 1 and the other in board 5). I
connected all 8 fiber cables to my arrays. Powered everything back on
and did a `boot -r`. Just like everyone said, volume manager came up
without a hitch...for the most part. I was able to see all my original data
stored in VM, and format saw all of my disks. However, when I started the
vxva GUI, it reported some of my disks inaccurately. Since my controllers
changed due to the `boot -r`, some of the disks still reported that they
were using the old disk controller. (Note: my old controllers were c0/c1
[dual path] and c3/c4. They were changed to c0/c3 and c5/c7 respectively)
However,
I still could read/write to these original volumes. I did a `boot -r` again.
I started vxva and this time everything was reported correctly. During the
boot sequence, I noticed that "vxvm is starting in boot mode" runs BEFORE
the dev and devices directories are configured. Perhaps this was the
cause...

Anyway, all is well. My thanks go out to the sun managers as well as to the
people who responded on the veritas list. Thanks!!

Below is the original question:

> Hello all,
>
> I have a UE4500 with Solaris 2.6 and Volume Manager 2.6. Currently I have
1
> A5x00 array attached to my system. I plan on adding another A5x00 array
> but I am wondering if there are any consequences with Volume manager if my
> device aliases change due to the addition of the second A5x00.
>
> Specificly, I have 2 built in host bus adapters. I use all 4 GBICs and
have
> them going to the 2 interface boards on the A5x00. 1 HBA is on board 1 and
> the other HBA is on board 5. Here is a sample of the format command:
>
> 0. c0t0d0 <SUN9.0G cyl 4924 alt 2 hd 27 sec 133>
> /sbus@2,0/SUNW,socal@d,10000/sf@0,0/ssd@w2100002037162257,0
> 7. c1t0d0 <SUN9.0G cyl 4924 alt 2 hd 27 sec 133>
> /sbus@2,0/SUNW,socal@d,10000/sf@1,0/ssd@w2200002037162257,0
> 16. c3t16d0 <SUN9.0G cyl 4924 alt 2 hd 27 sec 133>
> /sbus@a,0/SUNW,socal@d,10000/sf@0,0/ssd@w210000203716458c,0
> 23. c4t16d0 <SUN9.0G cyl 4924 alt 2 hd 27 sec 133>
> /sbus@a,0/SUNW,socal@d,10000/sf@1,0/ssd@w220000203716458c,0
>
> All the disks on c0, c1, c3, and c4 are under volume manager control
> (although c0&c1 and c3&c4 are different paths to the same disk)
>
> To add the second A5x00 array, I plan on installing a new HBA on board 1
and
> another new HBA on board 5. I will have all 4 GBICs going to the new A5x00
> array. After I do a reconfiguration boot, will my old device aliases be
the
> same? If not, will Volume Manager fail due to the new device aliases?

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