IBM N Series, Implementation Manual

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Process overview for physically moving the disk shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Optional configuration after moving the disk shelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Moving a disk shelf that is installed on a gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Chapter 6 Managing a System with Disks and Array LUNs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Identifying disk and array LUN information in command output . . . . . . . 56
Assigning disks and array LUNs to the gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Appendix A Configuring Gateway Ports as Initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Appendix B Setting up and Managing Multipath Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Description of Multipath Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Gateway specific requirements for Multipath Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Setup overview—Multipath Storage on an HA pair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Configuring the gateway environment variable for Multipath Storage . . . . 71
Appendix C Troubleshooting Configurations with Disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Common problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Error messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Reinstalling the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85