To set the
bootdef_dev
console environment variable for the Tru64 UNIX
installation when booting from a Fibre Channel device, follow these steps:
1.
Obtain the device name for the Fibre Channel storage unit where you
will install the Tru64 UNIX operating system. The device name shows
up in the reachability display as shown in Example 6–5 with a
Yes
under the
connected
column. You can also use the
wwidmgr -show
reachability
command to determine reachability. Example 6–6
provides the display for a
show dev
command, which shows the device
names of devices that may be assigned to the
bootdef_dev
console
environment variable. Example 6–5 and Example 6–6 show that the
following device names can be used in the
bootdef_dev
console
environment variable as possible boot devices:
•
dga131.1002.0.1.0
•
dga131.1004.0.1.0
•
dga133.1002.0.1.0
•
dga133.1004.0.1.0
•
dgb131.1002.0.2.0
•
dgb131.1004.0.2.0
•
dgb133.1002.0.2.0
•
dgb133.1004.0.2.0
Each of the storage units are reachable through four different paths,
two for each host bus adapter (the
Yes
in the
connected
column).
2.
Set the
bootdef_dev
console environment variable to one of the boot
path(s) that show up as connected to the disk you will use for the Tru64
UNIX installation. For the example disk configuration on the system
where you are installing the Tru64 UNIX operating system (which will
eventually be the first cluster member), set
bootdef_dev
as follows:
P00>>>
set bootdef_dev dga133.1002.0.1.0
3.
You must initialize the system to use any of the device names in the
bootdef_dev
variable:
P00>>>
init
.
.
.
After the initialization, the
bootdef_dev
will show up as follows:
P00>>>
show bootdef_dev
bootdef_dev
dga133.1002.0.1.0
You are now ready to install the Tru64 UNIX operating system.
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