HP StorageWorks HSG80 ACS Solution Software V8.8 for HP-UX Installation and Configuration Guide (AA-RV1FA-TE, March 2005)

Preparing the Host System
112 HSG80 ACS Solution Software V8.8 for HP-UX Installation and Configuration Guide
For native HP HBAs, follow the instructions that came with your adapter.
Connecting to Your Host System
To connect to your host system, perform the following steps:
1. Shut down the HP System. Ensure that all power switches on the array
controller and the host computer system are in the OFF position.
2. Connect an FC cable between the FC adapter connector on the back of the HP
system and a port on the HP StorageWorks FC switch.
3. Connect FC cables from each array controller to the HP StorageWorks FC
switch.
4. Turn on the power to the system and perform the following steps:
a. Configure the system for loop hard by accessing the Command Line
Interpreter (CLI).
b. At the CLI prompt, enter the following command:
HSG80>set this_controller port_1_topology = loop hard
c. At the CLI prompt, enter the following command:
HSG80>set this_controller port_2_topology = loop hard
d. At the CLI prompt, verify the changes by entering the following
command:
HSG80>show this_controller full
5. Turn on the power to the FC switch and perform the following steps:
a. Login to the switch. For more information, refer to the QuickLoop
Management Guide that was shipped with your switch.
b. At the
switchx:admin> prompt, enter the following command:
switchx:admin>qlEnable
Note: Switch prompts for admin accounts varies depending on the name of the switch
being accessed. For example, with a switch named switch1, switch1:admin> is
shown as the admin prompt.
c. At the switchx:admin> prompt, verify that all ports are online by
entering the following command:
switchx:admin>qlShow