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Written by Frank Schalude
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 |
AIX 6.1 TL 3 introduced the AIX MPIO driver for the DS4000 storage family, together with the command manage_disk_drivers to switch between the drivers.
With AIX 6.1 TL 4 the default device driver for several disk subsystems (DS3000, DS4000, DS5000, and XIV) has changed. The old device drivers (RDAC) is still available but the AIX MPIO driver is the default. So if you update a system from an older AIX Version, the RDAC driver will be used. If you install your system with AIX 6.1 TL4 the new MPIO driver is the default.
The command manage_disk_drivers displays information about the drivers that manage the storage families, or changes the driver for a family.
With AIX 6.1 TL 4 the usage of the command manage_disk_drivers has changed. Unfortunately the manual page is still the old one.
The new usage is: # manage_disk_drivers Usage : manage_disk_drivers [-l] manage_disk_drivers -d device -o driver_option manage_disk_drivers -h
Meaning of the Flags: -l: Display the Devices, Present Drivers, and Driver Options -d: The Device to change the Driver -o: Selects the new Driver -h: should be help but is interpreted as an illegal option
Examples: # manage_disk_drivers -l Device Present Driver Driver Options 2810XIV AIX_AAPCM AIX_AAPCM,AIX_non_MPIO DS4100 AIX_APPCM AIX_APPCM,AIX_fcparray DS4200 AIX_APPCM AIX_APPCM,AIX_fcparray DS4300 AIX_APPCM AIX_APPCM,AIX_fcparray DS4500 AIX_APPCM AIX_APPCM,AIX_fcparray DS4700 AIX_APPCM AIX_APPCM,AIX_fcparray DS4800 AIX_APPCM AIX_APPCM,AIX_fcparray DS3950 AIX_APPCM AIX_APPCM DS5020 AIX_APPCM AIX_APPCM DS5100 AIX_APPCM AIX_APPCM
# manage_disk_drivers -d DS4300 -o AIX_fcparray
bosboot: Boot image is 42587 512 byte blocks. ********************** ATTENTION ************************* For the change to take effect the system must be rebooted
# manage_disk_drivers -h manage_disk_drivers: illegal option -- h Usage : manage_disk_drivers [-l] manage_disk_drivers -d device -o driver_option manage_disk_drivers -h
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