This TechFile provides information about the Array Support Library (ASL) for DotHill R/Evo Series Arrays (Active/Active) on Veritas Volume Manager 5.0 and 5.0MPx for Solaris Sparc. For general information about ASLs, see TechNote 249446 (link in the Related Documents section of this TechFile) Package Name: VRTSDotHill Package Description: Array Support Library for DotHill R/Evo Series Arrays Package Version: 1.0,REV=05.16.2009.09.42 Supported versions of Veritas Volume Manager: 5.0, 5.0 MP1, 5.0 MP3 Supported Arrays: DotHill R/Evo (2730/ 2530/ 2330/ 2130/ 5730) Series Arrays (Active/Active) Installation Instructions: 1. Create a directory to download the ASL package # mkdir /tmp/asl # cd /tmp/asl 2. At the bottom of this TechFile, click on Download Now to download the package 3. After downloading VRTSDotHill-asl_SunOS_v1.0_vm5.0.tar_308895.gz, verify checksum of the file # cksum VRTSDotHill-asl_SunOS_v1.0_vm5.0.tar_308895.gz 2620887800 6596 VRTSDotHill-asl_SunOS_v1.0_vm5.0.tar_308895.gz 4. Uncompress the file and extract the ASL package # gunzip VRTSDotHill-asl_SunOS_v1.0_vm5.0.tar_308895.gz # tar xvf VRTSDotHill-asl_SunOS_v1.0_vm5.0.tar_308895 5. Before adding the ASL package, ensure Veritas Volume Manager is installed and enabled # vxdctl mode mode: enabled 6. Install the ASL # pkgadd -d . VRTSDotHill 7. After the package is installed, execute the vxdctl enable command to claim the disk array # vxdctl enable Note: In some cases, it has been reported that the installation of the ASL and/or APM does not take effect, and vxdctl enable does not claim the enclosure and devices. In such cases, you can execute vxconfigd -k command in addition to vxdctl enable. 8. After executing vxdctl enable, verify the output of vxddladm listsupport command # vxddladm listsupport libname=libvxdothill.so ATTR_NAME ATTR_VALUE ================================================================================================= LIBNAME libvxdothill.so VID DotHill PID R/Evo 2730-2R, R/Evo 2530-2R, R/Evo 2330-2R R/Evo 2130-2RX, R/Evo 2130-2J, R/Evo 5730-2R ARRAY_TYPE A/A ARRAY_NAME DotHill-2730, DotHill-2530, DotHill-2330 DotHill-2130, DotHill-5730 9. Verify the output of vxddladm listversion command # vxddladm listversion libname=libvxdothill.so libvxdothill.so has version string: vm-5.0-rev-2. VXVM version: 5.0 Package Information: # pkginfo -l VRTSDotHill PKGINST: VRTSDotHill NAME: Array Support Library for DotHill R/Evo Series Arrays CATEGORY: system ARCH: sparc VERSION: 1.0,REV=05.16.2009.09.42 BASEDIR: /etc/vx VENDOR: VERITAS Software DESC: Array Support Library for DotHill R/Evo Series Arrays PSTAMP: VERSION-1.0:16-May-2009 INSTDATE: May 16 2009 10:10 HOTLINE: 800-342-0652 EMAIL: support@veritas.com STATUS: completely installed FILES: 5 installed pathnames 3 shared pathnames 3 directories 2 executables 21 blocks used (approx)