When installing on IBM System z platforms, the language selection dialog is followed by a dialog to configure the attached hard disks. Select DASD, Fibre Channel Attached SCSI Disks (ZFCP), or iSCSI for installation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server.
After selecting Figure 3.1, “IBM System z: Selecting a DASD”.
, you are presented with an overview listing all available DASDs. To get a clearer picture of the available devices, use the entry field located above the list to specify a range of channels to display. To filter the list according to such a range, select . SeeNow specify the DASDs to use for the installation by selecting the corresponding entries in the list then clicking Figure 3.2, “IBM System z: Activating a DASD”). To format the DASDs, select + right away or use the YaST partitioner later as described in Section 3.9.1.3, “Partitioning with YaST”.
. After that, activate and make the DASDs available for the installation by selecting + (seeTo use ZFCP disks for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server installation, select Figure 3.3, “IBM System z: Overview of Available ZFCP Disks”).
in the selection dialog. This opens a dialog with a list of the ZFCP disks available on the system. In this dialog, select to open another dialog in which to enter ZFCP parameters (seeTo make a ZFCP disk available for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server installation, use the entry fields
, (World Wide Port Number), and to specify the parameters identifying the corresponding disk. When you are done, exit the ZFCP dialog with and the general hard disk configuration dialog with to continue with the rest of the configuration.