Dell 530F manual Install the operating system Install any service pack

•During a new installation or a reinstallation of the host operating system, LUNs must be mapped only on the primary PowerVault 530F node. Before beginning to install a host operating system, make sure that all boot and data LUNs have been unmapped at the redundant-failover node. This restriction prevents LUNs from being available on two different data paths.

•If you attempt to boot the host system with LUNs mapped from both the primary and failover nodes without QL-Config and QL-Direct properly configured to man- age a data path to the LUNs, a Windows NT Blue Screen Stop 0x0000007 (inaccessible boot device) error occurs. If this error occurs, unmap all LUNs for this host from the redundant-failover node, and reboot the server. (Although the Microsoft Blue Screen that can occur because of these path errors displays an identical bugcheck code, when it occurs in this scenario, data corruption does not occur. This condition is completely recoverable.)

•Following the installation of the host operating system, apply any service pack and applicable SCSIPORT Hot-Fix before installing the Q-Logic, QL-Config, and QL-Direct applications.

•Use the following order when you install the QL-Config and QL-Direct applications:

—Install the operating system

—Install any service pack

—Install any applicable SCSIPORT Hot-Fix

—Install QL-Config

—Before installing QL-Direct, shut down and restart the system

—Install QL-Direct

—Before allowing the system to shut down and restart following the installa- tion of QL-Direct, set Failover paths using the QL-Config application, then shut down and restart the server

—After the server is rebooted, map the LUNs for this server on the failover node

—After the operating system is installed, run the DELLSANREG.EXE utility to register the WWN/Host Computer Name association with the PowerVault 530F.

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