Checking the path configuration, Checking the path configuration -69, Check the path information as described in – HP XP P9500 Storage User Manual

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Port set for the server.http.localPort property (default:

24043/tcp)

This operation requires Administrators group privileges. If the OS is

Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2012, the command

must be executed from a command prompt started as an

Administrator.

Options

-set

Adds firewall exceptions.

-unset

Removes firewall exceptions.

Note:

In Windows, the folder in which the Hitachi Command Suite Common

Agent Component commands are installed is automatically added to the

environment variable Path. When you execute a command, you do not

need to change the current folder to the folder that contains commands.

Checking the Path Configuration

HDLM functions, such as load balancing and failover, are only available for

HDLM management-target devices that have more than one active path. After

you install HDLM or change the hardware configuration, check the structure

and statuses of the paths.

To check the path information, use the dlnkmgr command's view operation or

use the Path List view in the Path Management window of the HDLM GUI.

For details about the Path List view, see the HDLM GUI Help.

The HDLM command's view operation to check path information is described

below. For details about the view operation, see

view (Displays Information)

on page 6-32

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Specify the -path parameter and check the output information:

Execute the following command:

dlnkmgr view -path > redirect-destination-file

Open redirect-destination-file-1 and check the following:

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Make sure that there is at least one LU being accessed by a path.
A path can be identified by PathName. The LU that is accessed by a

path can be identified by both DskName and iLU.

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Make sure that all the paths are online.
Make sure that PathStatus is Online. If a path is not online, Reduced

will be displayed.

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Make sure that for each path the combination of the CHA port

(ChaPort), through which multiple paths are accessing the same LU,

Creating an HDLM Environment

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