7.After the Host Adapter BIOS is enabled, select the boot device as shown in the following table:
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No | x | BIOS configures the first disk drive it finds as | |
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| boot device. | |
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Yes | None specified | BIOS configures the first disk drive it finds that is | |
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| also a LUN 0 as boot device. | |
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Yes | Specified | BIOS scans through the specified boot WWPN | |
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| or LUN list until it finds a disk drive, and then | |
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| configures it as the boot device. | |
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a.Choose Selectable Boot Settings, and then press ENTER.
b.On the Selectable Boot Settings page, choose Selectable Boot.
c.To toggle the value to Enabled, press ENTER.
8.After the Selectable Boot is enabled, select the boot device. QLogic Fibre Channel Adapters allow the specification of up to four WWPN/LUNs as boot devices. To select up to three boot devices, follow these steps:
a.To move to the Primary location of the Selectable Boot List menu, press the DOWN ARROW key.
b.To see a list of accessible devices in the Select Fibre Channel Device menu, press ENTER.
c.Press the DOWN ARROW key to scroll down to the device you want to put into your Selectable Boot menu list.
d.To select the requested device and load it into the Selectable Boot menu list, press ENTER.
e.(Optional) Repeat this step to specify up to three alternate boot devices.
Now the ESX system is ready to boot from SAN from the specified boot devices.
NOTE:
QLogic recommends that when both the adapter BIOS and the Selectable Boot option are enabled, you always select a device and put it in the Primary boot device location of the Selectable Boot menu list.
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