EMC P/N 300-002-803 manual Configuring a Boot Device on an EMC Storage Array

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Configuring a Boot

Device on an EMC

Storage Array

EMC supports booting Linux from an EMC storage array through an EMC-qualified QLogic Fibre Channel HBA, Fibre Channel over Ethernet CNA, or iSCSI HBA. (Refer to the EMC Support Matrix for specific HBAs, BIOS revisions, and drivers.)

◆ Introduction 152

◆Cautions and restrictions for booting from EMC storage array 153

◆	Limitations	155
◆	Configuring a Symmetrix boot device for FC or FCoE	158

◆Configuring a VNX series or CLARiiON boot device for FC or

FCoE 161

◆Installing the Linux operating systems with out of kernel

drivers onto a boot device using FCoE Adapters	165
◆ Configuring a Symmetrix boot device for iSCSI 3.x	168

◆Configuring a VNX series or CLARiiON boot device for

iSCSI 3.x 172

◆Installing onto the boot device with the QLogic HBA v3.x-

Series driver	176
◆ Configuring a Symmetrix boot device for iSCSI 5.x	184

◆Configuring a VNX series or CLARiiON boot device for

iSCSI 5.x 188

◆Installing onto the boot device with the QLogic HBA v5.x-

Series driver 192

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