Originally posted by: nevp

Does anyone have a guide to setting up boot from SAN? I see a lot of information on what to be concerned with, prereqs and precautions, but not an actual setup procedure.

Server: 9117-mma LPAR
OS: 6.1
SAN:8300 attached to a SVC.

thanks

Originally posted by: unixgrl

For mine, (AIX 6.1) I just had the SAN connected,
setup system to NIM install with prompting. Once prompted in installation menu, just select the disk you want to install to and let it fly.

MPIO takes care of everything. If you use some other multipath software like Powerpath you can load it up after you are SANbooted and follow their specific procedures.

If you don't care which disk your install goes too and all you have are SAN disks, just do normal AIX installation via NIM or CD and it will go to hdisk0. Nothing special to do at all.

I have heard recommendations that you only have a single-path connected when you do the build but I'm not sure that it matters.

Originally posted by: andreas_de

Hi,

you may have a look at this: Link:SAN boot support for IBM System p hosts

And for the Version of SDDPCM (eg v2.2.0.0) and Host Attachment Script (eg v1.0.0.11) see Recommended Software Levels for SAN Volume Controller
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=591&context=STPVGU&context=STPVFV&uid=ssg1S1003090&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en#_AIX


For detailed instructions: Subsystem Device Driver Users Guide
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=540&context=ST52G7&q=ssg1*&uid=ssg1S7000303&loc=en_US&cs


Configuring supported storage system MPIO devices as the SAN boot device
A supported storage MPIO device can be used as the system boot device.
To configure the supported storage device boot device with the SDDPCM module:
1. Select one or more supported storage system devices as the boot device.
2. Install one of the following AIX operating systems on the selected supported storage devices.
If the selected supported storage device is ESS, the required operating system is AIX 5.2 TL06 ( or later) or AIX 5.3 TL02 (or later). If the selected supported storage device is DS6000, the required operating system is AIX 5.2 TL07 (or later) or AIX 5.3 TL03 (or later). If the selected supported storage device is DS8000, the required operating system is AIX 5.2 TL07 (or later), AIX 5.3 TL03 (or later), or AIX 6.1.
3. Restart the system. The supported storage boot device is configured as an MPIO device with AIX default PCM.
4. Install the supported storage device host attachment for SDDPCM and SDDPCM packages.
5. To release scsi-2 reserve on boot devices, issue the relbootrsv command. If you want to release non-rootvg scsi-2 reserves, provide the volume group name as a parameter. For example: relbootrsv vgname
6. Restart the system.All supported storage MPIO devices, including supported storage MPIO SAN boot devices, are now configured with SDDPCM.

Hope this helps.

Greetz from germany.

sorry I had to edit, I assume you will use SDDPCM and not SDD