This topic contains checklists for performing configuration procedures. Use this table to determine which checklist to use for your situation, and to determine whether dedicated service tools (DST) are required.
| Task description | Procedure to follow | Requires DST? |
|---|---|---|
| Configure your system for the first time. | Checklist 1: Configure disks on a new system | Yes |
| Add one or more disk units that will not have device parity protection. Use this checklist if you do not plan to start device parity protection for the disks that are capable of device parity protection. | Checklist 2: Add disk units without device parity protection | No |
| Add one or more disks to an existing input/output adapter (IOA) that has built-in device parity capability. Use this checklist if you plan to protect some or all of the new disks with device parity protection. | Checklist 3: Add disk units to an existing I/O adapter | No |
| Add a new IOA that has built-in device parity capability. Use this checklist if you plan to protect some or all of the new disks with device parity protection. | Checklist 4: Add a new I/O adapter | Yes |
| Move disk units between existing disk pools that do not have mirrored protection. | Checklist 5: Move disk units between nonmirrored disk pools | Yes |
| Move disk units between existing disk pools that have mirrored protection. | Checklist 6: Move disk units between mirrored disk pools | Yes |
| Delete a basic disk pool. | Checklist 7: Delete a disk pool | Yes |
| Remove one or more disk units that do not have device parity protection. | Checklist 8: Remove disk units without device parity protection | Yes 1 |
| Remove one or more disk units from an IOA. Use this checklist if device parity protection is started for some or all of the disk units that are attached to the IOA and if they are in disk pools without mirrored protection. | Checklist 9: Remove disk units that have device parity protection from a disk pool without mirrored protection | Yes |
| Remove one or more disk units from an IOA. Use this checklist if device parity protection is started for some or all of the disks units that are attached to the IOA and if they are in disk pools with mirrored protection. | Checklist 10: Remove disk units that have device parity protection from a disk pool with mirrored protection | Yes |
Upgrade your load source disk unit while keeping device parity protection active. |
Checklist 11: Upgrade load source disk unit with device parity protection | Yes |
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Checklist 12: Upgrade load source disk unit with local mirroring | Yes |
| 1 Unassigned disk units can be removed from independent disk pools that are varied off without requiring the system to be in DST mode. | ||
Upgrade your load source disk unit while
keeping device mirrored protection active.