How to initialize the disks(luns) from a symmetrix array

[Bedare Nikhil]

Hi,

I have assigned some disks from the EMC symmmetrix array.
But when I try to initialize these disks I get a error saying that "the device is not valid" "device path not found".
Is there any solution for this ?

Thanks in advance,
Nikhil

[Doug O'Leary]

Hey;

ioscan -fH ${hw_path}
insf -e -H ${hw_path}

if the disks are showing up as no_hw, then they're not mapped correctly.

If you're using fibre channel and switches, the VCM database must be configured as well.

Both of those are on the san side and need to be fixed there.

There's actually not a lot on the HP side, short of hardware failures, that would prevent access to the disks.

HTH;

Doug

[IT_2007]

If disks are assigned to the host with proper zoning, masking then do the following:

ioscan -fn
insf -e

Do you have EMC solution enabler software installed on host?

if so, check devices with "sympd list" command.