EMC 300-000-978 REV A03 manual Modifying, OpenBoot, Setting Up the Boot Alias

			Configuring a PowerPath Boot Device on Solaris
Modifying
		You need modify OpenBoot only if you use Fibre Channel HBAs.
OpenBoot
		The procedure for modifying OpenBoot depends on your HBAs.
		Refer to the following documentation:
If you use	Refer to
Emulex HBAs	EMC Fibre Channel with Emulex Host Bus Adapters in the Solaris Host Environment
	http://emulex.com/ts/docoem/emc/pdfs/Sol_501a.pdf
QLogic HBAs	EMC Fibre Channel with QLogic Host Bus Adapters in the Solaris Environment
	http://download.qlogic.com/drivers/5419/QLogic_Solaris.pdf
JNI HBAs	EMC Symmetrix Fibre Channel with JNI Emerald Host Bus Adapters in the Solaris Environment
	http://www.jni.com/Drivers/Files/Solaris/FCE2-6412/emc/JNI_Em_Solaris.pdf
	EMC Symmetrix Fibre Channel with JNI Tachyon Host Bus Adapters in the Solaris Environment
	http://www.jni.com/Drivers/Files/Solaris/FC64-1063/emc/JNI_Tach_Solaris.pdf
	EMC Symmetrix Fibre Channel with JNI Emerald 4 Host Bus Adapters in the Solaris Environment
	http://www.jni.com/Drivers/Files/Solaris/FCX2-6562/emc/JNI_Em4_Solaris.pdf

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Setting Up the Boot Alias

Set up a new alias for your new boot disk. At the OK> prompt:

1.Enter nvalias your_alias your_device and press ENTER.

Example:

nvalias storagedisk /pci@1f,4000/QLGC,qla@4/sd@0,0

2.Enter nvstore and press ENTER to store your new boot name.

3.Enter setenv boot-device storagedisk and press ENTER to change the boot device to the new alias.

4.Enter setenv auto-boot? false and press ENTER.

5.Enter reset -all.

6.Enter boot.

Configuring a PowerPath Native Device as the Boot Device 3-7