"Michael E. Thomadakis" <miket@hellas.tamu.edu> wrote in message news:<Pine.SGI.4.58.0407201554230.126285@hellas.ta mu.edu>...
> Hello all,
>
> we have a p690 IBM system running AIX 5.2 and we would like to attach it to a
> storage partition of an SGI TP9500 via 2 2Gigabit FC connections (2 PCI-X FC
> 6239, type 5705 IBM adapters). The TP9500 is similar to a FASt 900.
>
> Does anyone know of the necessary steps to accomplish this task? I've noticed
> that the TP9500 requires the host port numbers (WWN) to be specified for the
> partition that will be accessible by the IBM host. Does anyone know how to
> obtain this information from the AIX side? How are failover paths for
> FC storage specified in AIX 5.2?

lsdev -Cc adapter (will show you your adapters)

lscfg -vpl fcsX (replace X with the various adapters)

the fastts normallly display a list of suitable WWNs. There are
various redbooks etc on the ibm site that will help you with this.
the main other component is the RDAC driver (bos.drivers.fcp.array.* I
think)

fget_config -A -v (I think that's right) should show you the
controllers and fastt it can see)

Two things to be aware of:
a) ibm only supports certain AIX setups with fastt
b) certainly when ordering a fastt there is an "AIX attachement"
option - I imagine that this provides a license key to allow "AIX" to
appear in the host-type panel.