C H A P T E R 8 - Installing Remote Management Software

C H A P T E R 8

Installing Remote Management Software

This chapter describes how to install the remote CLI software on operating system platforms other than Solaris. It contains the following sections:

Remote CLI Client Overview

Preparing for Installation

Downloading the Software

Installing the Windows Remote CLI Client

Installing the Red Hat Linux, HP-UX, and AIX Remote CLI Client

Remote CLI Client Overview

The remote command-line interface (CLI) client enables you to configure and monitor the array from hosts other than the management host. You can run commands interactively from a remote client, or write a script to automate certain administrative tasks.

The remote CLI client is available for Windows, Red Hat Linux, AIX, and HP-UX operating environments.

Note - See the Sun StorEdge 6130 Array Release Notes for the operating system versions that are supported.

For information about the remote CLI client commands, see the sscs(1M) man page.

Preparing for Installation

Before installing the data host software, verify the following for each data host:

Operating system and version are supported as described in the release notes.

Host bus adapter (HBA) is installed and supported as described in the release notes.

HBA firmware is at the required level as described in the release notes (HBA drivers are distributed through Sun's Download Center).

Data hosts are cabled to the array as described in Connecting Data Hosts.

Downloading the Software

The remote CLI client for operating systems other than Solaris is distributed from Sun's Download Center.

To download the software, follow these steps:

1. From the host on which you want to install the software, open a browser window and go to Sun's Download Center at:

http://wwws.sun.com/software/download/sys_admin.html

2. Click the Sun StorEdge 6130 Host CLI Package for Non-Solaris software link.

3. Click Download to access the download window for all operating systems.

4. Log in using your customer user name and password.

5. Read the license agreement, click Accept, and then click Continue.

6. For the AIX, HP-UX, or Linux operating systems, follow these steps:

a. Click the file you want to download.

The web browser prompts you to download the file.

b. Download to any directory except /opt.

c. Save the installation package to a temporary working directory after you download it:

# cp install-package.tar.Z /directory

install-package is the name of the compressed tar file. /directory is the name of the directory name to which you want to copy the package.

d. Change to the temporary directory:

# cd /directory

e. Uncompress the tar file.

f. Extract the contents:

tar -xvf tar-file.tar

Note - If checksum errors occur when you use a platform-specific tar, use the GNU version of tar.

7. For the Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 operating systems, follow these steps:

a. Click the file you want to download.

The web browser prompts you to download the file.

b. Download to any directory.

c. Unzip Disk1.zip using any supported zip program.

d. Save the unzipped folder to any directory.

Installing the Windows Remote CLI Client

1. Download the software for the Windows host as described in Downloading the Software.

2. Double-click setup.exe.

3. Read the license agreement and answer the licensing question.

If you accept the licensing agreement, the software is installed on the host.

4. From the Start menu, click Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt.

5. Add c:\Program Files\Sun Microsystems\SSCS to your command prompt path.

The remote CLI client is now installed, enabling you to enter sscs commands in the Command Prompt window. For information about the commands, see the sscs(1M) man page.

Installing the Red Hat Linux, HP-UX, and AIX Remote CLI Client

1. Download the remote CLI software for the appropriate operating system as described in Downloading the Software.

2. Log in as superuser (root).

3. Remove any aliases created for the environment (for example, cp="cp -i").

If aliases exist in the superuser environment or profile, the software installation and configuration might have unexpected results.

For the Korn shell: # unalias -a

For the C shell: > unalias *

4. Verify that you have write permissions in /opt.

5. Run the install script by entering:

./se6x20

6. Read the licensing agreement, click Accept, and then click Continue.

When you accept the licensing agreement, the software is installed in /opt/se6x20 on the host.

7. Add /opt/se6x20/bin to your path.

8. Enter /opt/se6x20/bin/sscs at the command line.

The remote CLI client is now installed. For information about the commands, see the sscs(1M) man page.