When preparing the host to work with (infinihost settings check) InfiniBox, some additional software packages are required to be installed and some configuration must be applied.

The host readiness tool, infinihost, checks for the existence and correctness of the following items.

Software packages

General checks:

FC connectivity

• no mixed ports on multiple storage arrays - 202319352 Host initiator ports exclusivity test
• dual initiator to the InfiniBox - 202404261 Host should be connected through more than one initiator port
• multiple nodes connectivity - 202404271 Host should be connected to more than one Node of each InfiniBox
• not passing maximum paths - 202319172 Host has too many connected paths to InfiniBox
• large amount of volumes per host - 202319182 Host sees too many block devices

FC HBA

• verify that the HBA is supported within our support matrix (see: INFINIDAT software compatibility).

Devices

• volumes that don't have a multipath device - 1704801 Multipath device doesn't exist for volume
• all reported INFINIDAT LUNs have a block device - 202404201 Missing block devices
• path count for all INFINIDAT MPIO devices doesn't exceed - 202404341 Missing paths for MPIO devices

Linux checks:

multipath-tools

• multipathd is loaded at boot - 202319202 The multipath service must be loaded at boot time
• multipath kernel module is loaded - 202319212 The multipath kernel module must be loaded
• multipathd service is up - 202404141 The multipath-tools init service must be running
• configure multipath defaults  - 202319232 Recommended default attributes for multipath.conf
• configure multipath with INFINIDAT devices - 202404151 Recommended device settings for the multipath configuration file

• configure multipath blacklists - 202319242 Blacklists in multipath configuration file

• configure multipath blacklist of local devices - 202404331 Local blacklist in multipath configuration

FC HBA

• modify the driver parameters to take effect on a normal driver load and in initrd - 202319332 The HBA driver is not configured according to the best practices

iSCSI

• iSCSI initiator software is installed - 202319082 Installing the iSCSI Initiator on Linux
• node.startup = automatic in file /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf - Linux iSCSI configuration should be set to automatic login
• node.leading_login = No in file /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf - Linux iSCSI should not use leading login
• iscsid is running - Linux: The iSCSI service must be running
• iscsid automatically loads on boot - Linux: The iSCSI service must be loaded at boot time
• iSCSI name of the host is a valid IQN - 115000302169 iSCSI name must be a valid IQN

Windows checks:

• set san policy to OnlineAll - 202319372 Settings Windows SAN Policy to Online
• disable auto-mount - 202404301 Windows Auto-mounter
• set windows disk timeout - 202404311 Windows Disk Timeout
• install windows MPIO feature - 202762962 Powertools requires Multipath IO Feature to be installed on Windows hosts
• configure MPIO claiming rule for NFINIDAT devices - 202763012 Claiming rules for Infinidat devices on Windows MPIO
• MPIO tuning - 202319362 Windows MPIO Tunable settings
• MPIO load balancing policies for NFINIDAT devices - 202404281 Load balancing policy for Infinidat devices on Windows MPIO
• iSCSI - set the iSCSI service to autostart  - 213081045 Windows iSCSI service should be configured to auto start
• iSCSI - start the iSCSI service - Linux: The iSCSI service must be running
• iSCSI - set the iSCSI name of the host to a string that is a valid IQN format - 115000302169 iSCSI name must be a valid IQN
  
  

Solaris checks:

• FC HBA driver attributes - 202403811 Solaris: HBA driver configuration best practices
• SCSI related kernel tunables - 202403811 Solaris: HBA driver configuration best practices
• SCSI generic is installed and loaded - 22155398 Solaris: Load SCSI generic module
• multipath is enabled - 22155391 Solaris multipath is enabled
  
  

AIX checks:

• FC HBA driver attributes - 204162851 Configuring the FC HBA driver according to the best practices
• ODM attributes - 204014111 AIX: Configuring the ODM
• message catalog is installed - 204074772 AIX: Installing the catalog file