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Configuring an EMC Boot Device
| What Next? | Configure the HBA Boot BIOS as described in the next section. | ||||
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| Configuring the HBA | Follow these steps to configure the storage system LUN for the HBA | ||||
| Boot BIOS | Boot BIOS: | ||||
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| 1. Reboot the server. | ||||
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| When the QLogic BIOS banner (shown below) appears, press | ||
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| Different HBA models may display different banners. Be sure to select | ||
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| QLA2300 PCI Fibre Channel ROM BIOS Version 1.17 |
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| Copyright © Qlogic Corporation |
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| Press <CTRL - Q> for Fast!UTIL |
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| 2. After Fast!UTIL loads, the display depends on whether there are | ||||
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| multiple QLogic HBAs installed: | ||
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| • If there is only one QLogic HBA, the Fast!UTIL Options | ||
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| menu appears. | ||
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| • If there are multiple QLogic HBAs, a list of addresses occupies | ||
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| by those HBAs appears. Use the arrow keys to select the | ||
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| desired HBA; then press ENTER. The Fast!UTIL Options menu | ||
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| 3. Select Configuration Settings from the menu. | ||||
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| 4. Select Selectable Boot Settings from the Configuration Settings | ||||
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| Select the first Boot Port Name entry, and in the Device window | ||
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| scroll to select the CLARiiON port WWN from which you want to | ||
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| boot. | ||
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| Depending on the array model, the HBA may not yet detect any LUNs, | ||
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| or it may detect a LUNZ labeled disk. This is normal behavior. | ||
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| Leave the server here so the HBA will remain active while you | ||
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| configure the storage array groups. | ||
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| 5. Using EMC ControlCenter Navisphere Management software, | ||||
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| you must add the HBA to the storage group you created earlier. | ||
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| Depending on the array model, you may have to first manually | ||
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EMC Fibre Channel with QLogic HBAs in Windows Hosts | ||||||
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