Summary: T64 4.0f, ES40, KZPCC-CE, and NHD3

From: John Galt (jgalt163_at_comcast.net)
Date: 05/26/05

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    Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 09:41:19 -0400
To: tru64-unix-managers@ornl.gov

    Hello All,
    Thanks to Ian Barker for his response. And to Christian and Russ at HP
    support who helped during the actual process.

    The bottomline solution was to follow the instructions in the New Hardware
    Delivery 3 - Release Notes and Installation Instructions -- Section 3.4,
    skipping steps 1-8 which relate to shutting the system down before a new
    full installation.

    Basically the NHD3 CD is booted first with the following command:

    boot -fl fax -fi GENERIC dqa0

    Then follow the directions, swapping in the OS installation CD when prompted.
    Pay particular attention to step 18 which specifies interrupting the reboot
    after the OS loads the subsets. You must reboot from the NHD CD and not
    allow the system to boot to the hard disk.

    Also, there is a misleading blurb in the notes about the NHD3 CD not being
    bootable on IDE CDROMs. I misinterpreted this statement. It relates only to
    the procedure for creating a CD in section 2.1 of the release notes and
    not to an actual NHD3 CD.

    John

    Original Question:
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Hello Managers,
    I've seen some questions and answers in the list archives concerning this,
    but nothing definitive.
    I have a client who, due to applications limitations, must run T64 version
    4.0f on an ES40.
    The hardware consists of the ES40, a KCPCC-CE internal raid controller, and
    two KGPSA HBAs ( for connectivity to a dedicated SAN consisting of two
    HSG80 controllers).
    The client wants to use a mirrorset on the KZPCC as the boot device.
    However, that controller is not nativity supported by 4.0f, so I need NHD3
    to get that support.
    Is there are way to load the OS directly on a unit on the KZPCC and load
    the NHD3 at the same time? If so, can someone detail the procedure for me.
    If not, ( and I suspect not) I assume I can load the OS on a standalone
    internal SCSI disk and then load the NHD3. I can then use a vdump/vrestore
    procedure to move the root/usr/var domains to a unit on the KZPCC.
    Correct? ( I have moved the filesystems and made the new disk bootable
    before, so I don't need detailed instructions, just a confirmation that it
    can be done in this case.)
    If I use the standalone method, do I load the OS, then patch kit 8, then
    the NHD in that order? And should the KZPCC be physically installed in the
    ES40 while I am loading the OS and patches?
    Any other gotchas, or recommendations would be welcome.
    Thanks.
    John

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