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

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QLogic specifications

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