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Port flag for DMX
Hi,
Will someone please shed some light on the port flag?
I want to connect different falvors of unix on the same FA port in DMX, which port flag needs to be set? I hope in Vmax we don't need to assign any port flag before doing the same.
Thanks,
Shailender
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July 4th, 2012 07:00
it depends. If you have a brand new set of FAs and you plan on connecting multiple OSs, you can set just the flags that are needed for multiple platforms and then set OS specific flags using hba_flags. If you have FAs that you know you will only use for Linux then you can set all flags at the FA level and never bother with hba_flags. Never change FA flags with running systems.
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July 4th, 2012 06:00
yes, certain systems still require hba_flags/ig_flags to be set, you can go to E-Lab navigator, enter your array system, host type and it will tell you what flags need to be set. Some flags are already set at the FA level so you will only need to the extra ones via ig_flag parameter.
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July 4th, 2012 07:00
actually they are already consolidated in this document
https://elabnavigator.emc.com/vault/pdf/EMC_DMX_ESSM.pdf
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July 4th, 2012 07:00
on DMX you would use hba_flags parameter
Shailender_cho1
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July 4th, 2012 07:00
ig_flag means initiator group flag.....but this is auto provisioning which is the concept of Vmax, I wanna know about DMX where we use symmask.
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July 4th, 2012 07:00
Thanks for this clear vision.
But do I need to check the flags https://elabnavigator.emc.com.........as M not able to find the proper way.....plz educate me on this.
Shailender_cho1
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July 4th, 2012 07:00
So we need not to change any FA port parameter?
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July 4th, 2012 08:00
Thanks a lot dynamox, I will go through this doc.