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Appendix A. Operating systems specifics 313
Existing reference material
There is a lot of information available that helps you set up your Linux server to attach it to a
DS6000 storage subsystem.
The DS6000 Host Systems Attachment Guide
The DS6000 Host Systems Attachment Guide, GC26-7680 provides instructions to prepare
an Intel IA-32-based machine for DS6000 attachment, including:
How to install and configure the FC HBA
Peculiarities of the Linux SCSI subsystem
How to prepare a system that boots from the DS6000
It is not very detailed with respect to the configuration and installation of the FC HBA drivers.
Implementing Linux with IBM Disk Storage
The redbook, Implementing Linux with IBM Disk Storage, SG24-6261, covers several
hardware platforms and storage systems. It is not yet updated with information about the
DS6000. The details provided for the attachment to the IBM Enterprise Storage Server (ESS
2105) are mostly valid for DS6000, too. Read it for information regarding storage attachment:
Via FCP to an IBM eServer zSeries running Linux
To an IBM eServer pSeries running Linux
To an IBM eServer BladeCenter running Linux
It can be downloaded from:
http://publib-b.boulder.ibm.com/abstracts/sg246261.html
Linux with zSeries and ESS: Essentials
The redbook, Linux with zSeries and ESS: Essentials, SG24-7025, provides a lot of
information about Linux on IBM eServer zSeries and the ESS. It also describes in detail how
the Fibre Channel (FCP) attachment of a storage system to zLinux works. It does not,
however, describe the actual implementation. This information is at:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247025.pdf
Getting Started with zSeries Fibre Channel Protocol
The redpaper Getting Started with zSeries Fibre Channel Protocol is an older publication (last
updated in 2003) which provides an overview of Fibre Channel (FC) topologies and
terminology, and instructions to attach open systems (fixed block) storage devices via FCP to
an IBM eServer zSeries running Linux. It can be found at:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/pdfs/redp0205.pdf
Other sources of information
Numerous hints and tips, especially for Linux on zSeries, are available on the IBM Redbooks
technotes page:
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks.nsf/tips/
IBM eServer zSeries dedicates its own Web page to storage attachment via FCP:
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/connectivity/ficon_resources.html