EMC QLogic manual Configuring the HBA, Boot Bios

Configuring an EMC Boot Device

3. To disconnect all SCSI hard disk drives, unplug the power and SCSI bus cables connected to a SCSI adapter or controller. For details, see the installation and operation manual for your server.

4. To prepare your system to boot Windows over a Fibre Channel connection, you must do the following:

For detailed installation instructions on the HP ProLiant BL20p G2 and BL40p, refer to HP ProLiant BL p-Class server blades Booting Windows systems from 3 rd party Storage Array Network (SAN), How To, located here:

ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/supportinformation/techpubs /other/5982-3248en_rev1_us.pdf

Following this installation proceed to Verifying HBA Driver and Digital Signature Installation on page 3-28. For other detailed instructions, refer to the manufacturer’s documentation available for each adapter.

• For any server with IDE CD-ROM drives, you should disable BIOS on any of the server’s integrated SCSI adapter(s) because SCSI BIOS is not required to boot from CD-ROM.

• Disable or remove any IDE HDD drives.

• For servers with SCSI CD-ROM drives, enable BIOS on the

		SCSI channel that includes the CD-ROM; disable BIOS on any
		other integrated SCSI channels. Remove any SCSI hard disks
		on the same bus as the CD-ROM drive.
		If the CD-ROM is on a SCSI controller and the BIOS is disabled for
		that controller, then you will not be able to boot from the CD-ROM.
		To boot from CD-ROM in the future, you will need to re-enable the
		BIOS for the CD-ROM controller.
	• Disable BIOS on any other HBA BIOS in your system other
		than the QLogic HBA(s) designated for booting. See the
		documentation that accompanied the HBA for instructions.
What Next?	Configure the HBA Boot BIOS as described in the next section.
Configuring the HBA	Follow these steps to configure the storage system LUN for the HBA
Boot BIOS	Boot BIOS:
	1. Reboot the server.
	When the QLogic BIOS banner (shown below) appears, press
	CTRL–Q.
		Configuring a CLARiiON Boot Device	3-23

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