HP OpenVMS 8.x manual Fc San

Figure D-1 Fibre Channel Host and SAN Storage Controller Configuration

Integrity Server running

OpenVMS

FGA0

FGB0

FC SAN

FC SAN

5000-1FE1-0011-B158

5000-1FE1-0011-B159 5000-1FE1-0011-B15C

EVA5000 Storage Controller

5000-1FE1-0011-B15D

System Disk

For more information about this utility, see the HP OpenVMS System Manager's Manual, Volume 1: Essentials.

Boot the FC system disk by selecting the appropriate boot option from the EFI Boot Manager menu and pressing Enter. If your FC boot path is the first option in the menu, it might boot automatically after the countdown timer expires.

D.1.4 Configuring Additional Nodes to Boot into a Cluster Using a Shared Disk

If you have booted the OpenVMS I64 OE DVD and installed the operating system onto an FC (SAN) disk and configured the system to operate in an OpenVMS Cluster environment, you can configure additional Integrity server systems to boot into the OpenVMS Cluster by following these steps:

1.Run the cluster configuration utility on the initial cluster system to add the new node to the cluster.

Run the utility by entering the following command:

$ @SYS$MANAGER:CLUSTER_CONFIG_LAN

2.Boot the HP OpenVMS I64 OE DVD on the target node (the new node).

3.Select option 8 from the operating system menu to access OpenVMS DCL.

4.Start the OpenVMS I64 Boot Manager utility by entering the following command at the DCL prompt:

D.1 Booting on a Fibre Channel Storage Device on OpenVMS I64 Systems 245