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EMC DMX SYMMETRIX Storage Provisioning This article will show you how to provision EMC DMX Symmetrix storage by order. Lets say the server have 2 HBA (Host Bus Adapter) card.

Note: Always ensure no lock before proceed. symcfg -sid <sid id> list -lockn all

Note: Important, verify the device to make sure the device is not in use. symmaskdb -sid <sid id> list assignment -dev 00CD,00D1,00D5,00D9

HOSTNAME_HBA0 - 10000000c9631a2c Note: Each HBA WWN will be mask to two FA for High Availability and redundancy purpose. They are under the DMX symmetrix 17 rules. symmask -sid <sid id> -wwn 10000000c9631a2c -dir 4B -p 0 add devs 00CD,00D1,00D5,00D9 symmask -sid <sid id> -wwn 10000000c9631a2c -dir 3D -p 0 add devs 00CD,00D1,00D5,00D9

HOSTNAME_HBA1 - 10000000c963abcd symmask -sid <sid id> -wwn 10000000c963abcd -dir 13B -p 0 add devs 00CD,00D1,00D5,00D9 symmask -sid <sid id> -wwn 10000000c963abcd -dir 14D -p 0 add devs 00CD,00D1,00D5,00D9 symmask -sid <sid id> refresh
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Verify the devices symdev -sid <sid id> show

To verify whether is there any device present to the wwn Note: In case of re-use HBA card, to avoid device conflict. symmaskdb -sid <sid id> list devs -wwn 10000000c9631a2c symmaskdb -sid <sid id> list devs -wwn 10000000c963abcd

To verify the particular FA Note: You can use command will help you to identify the FA loan balance assignment too. symmaskdb -sid <sid id> list database -dir 4b -p 0 symmaskdb -sid <sid id> list database -dir 3d -p 0 symmaskdb -sid <sid id> list database -dir 13b -p 0 symmaskdb -sid <sid id> list database -dir 14d -p 0

To rename the WWN to the particular host name and HBA Note: This will help you to identify the usage of the particular host in the storage management. symmaskdb -sid <sid id> list database -wwn 10000000c9631a2c symmask -sid <sid id> -wwn 10000000c9631a2c rename HOSTNAME/HBA0

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symmaskdb -sid <sid id> list database -wwn 10000000c963abcd symmask -sid <sid id> -wwn 10000000c963abcd rename HOSTNAME/HBA1

To list down the overall capacity that presented to the host Note: This command will list out all the capacity that belong to the host. symmaskdb -sid <sid id> list capacity -host HOSTNAME

Last, reboot the host or LUNScan to verify the devices that presented to the host.

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