Zoning the Supermicro 946ED-R2KJBOD

Prerequisites

• Install "openSUSE 12.1"

linux-2l59:~ # cat /etc/SuSE-release
openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64)
VERSION = 12.1
CODENAME = Asparagus

• Use YaST to configure the firewall to allow any SSH connection.
• Ensure GlibC version is 2.14.x

linux-2l59:~ # /lib/libc.so.6 | grep release
GNU C Library stable release version 2.14.1 (20111007), by Roland McGrath et al.

• Replace currently installed lsscsi

linux-2l59:~ # zypper remove lsscsi
linux-2l59:~ # wget http://sg.danny.cz/scsi/lsscsi-0.28-1.x86_64.rpm
linux-2l59:~ # rpm -Uvh lsscsi-0.28-1.x86_64.rpm

• Donload and install SG3_Utils and SMP_Utils.

linux-2l59:~ # wget http://sg.danny.cz/sg/p/sg3_utils-libs-1.41-1.x86_64.rpm; rpm -Uvh sg3_utils-libs-1.41-1.x86_64.rpm
linux-2l59:~ # wget http://sg.danny.cz/sg/p/sg3_utils-1.41-1.x86_64.rpm; rpm -Uvh sg3_utils-1.41-1.x86_64.rpm
linux-2l59:~ # wget http://sg.danny.cz/sg/p/smp_utils-libs-0.98-1.x86_64.rpm; rpm -Uvh smp_utils-libs-0.98-1.x86_64.rpm
linux-2l59:~ # wget http://sg.danny.cz/sg/p/smp_utils-0.98-1.x86_64.rpm; rpm -Uvh smp_utils-0.98-1.x86_64.rpm

• The system must have either a HBA or RAID card, this does not have to be SAS3, SAS2 will work with SFF8088 to SFF8644 cables
• The system must be connected to both expanders on the JBOD.
• Download "Hello.946" and "FlexZoneUtil" from the headnode