Oracle RAC FA port settings on DMX array

Question

Can someone tell me what are the specific FA port settings that needs to be set?

MikeMac1 · Accepted Answer

QFaulk, welcome to the forums and I'm glad you were able to find the answer you were looking for. Typically you would want to mark the correct answer to help others but I don't believe that you can mark your own responses as correct. However, if any posts were helpful please mark them and be sure to mark the thread as answered.

xe2sdc · Answer

OS type/version ??Oracle RAC version ??Storage type ??Microcode version ??Message was edited by: Stefano Del Corno

xe2sdc · Answer

QFaulk follow Allen's directions and give ElabNavigator a try ...However for the time being, I'd say you need C, D, SC3, SPC-2 and optionally OS2007.

QFaulk · Answer

All i know is this is a Unix box and the microcode on the DMX is 5772 . My architect just asked me that what are the settings that we need to look for when there is a oracle RAC cluster server

Allen Ward · Answer

Are you familiar with eLab Navigator? You can just plug in what you know to get compatibility information. If you don't have enough info it will tell you that too.

From the main Powerlink page select Support | Interoperability and Product Life Cycle Information | E-Lab Interoperability Navigator. Once you reach that page select the link to Launch E-Lab Interoperability Navigator and follow the instructions.

And don't worry if you can't say "Interoperability". It will still work just as well

Allen Ward · Answer

Welcome to the Forums.Have you checked the eLab Navigator for this info? I would start there since it will also provide a wealth of info on other things you may have to consider that you may not have thought of.

QFaulk · Answer

ok this is AIX 5.3 ...

QFaulk · Answer

ok ..Thanks everyones for your inputs on this ...the correct answer was setting the PER bit on the devices ..wish I knew that before..i was searching some thing on FA

This special bit is to be set on luns that require mutliple hosts the need to have simultaneous access to volumes.The capability to set the SCSI-3 PGR bit is not currently included as a function in ControlCenter 6.x and hence has to be done via symcli.For more info on this ,you can also go to powerlink.emc.com.

1. Create command (text) file with any text editor with syntax:

set device xxx   attribute=SCSI3_persist_reserv;     (xxx=Symmetrix device number)

2. Run the "symconfigure" command with the "prepare" option. This will check the syntax of the command file and verify whether the Symmetrix is prepared to handle the requested configuration change.

symconfigure -sid yyy -f commandfilename prepare   (yyy=symm serial number)

3. Run the "symconfigure" command with the "commit" option to actually execute the change in the Symmetrix.

symconfigure -sid yyy -f commandfilename commit

Symmetrix

Oracle RAC FA port settings on DMX array

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