HPe Boot From San Configuration Guide
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HPEBootfromSANConfiguration Guide Abstract Thisdocumentprovidesinformationaboutimplementingthehigh-availabilityfeaturesofbootfromSANinProLiantservers.Itisintendedforsystemadministratorswhoareexperiencedwithstoragenetworks. PartNumber:790184-003Published:September2016Edition:7
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©Copyright2014,2015–2016HewlettPackardEnterpriseDevelopmentLP ©Copyright2009EmulexCorporation ©Copyright2009QLogicCorporation Theinformationcontainedhereinissubjecttochangewithoutnotice.TheonlywarrantiesforHewlettPackardEnterpriseproductsandservices aresetforthintheexpresswarrantystatementsaccompanyingsuchproductsandservices.Nothinghereinshouldbeconstruedasconstituting anadditionalwarranty.HewlettPackardEnterpriseshallnotbeliablefortechnicaloreditorialerrorsoromissionscontainedherein....
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Contents 1Introduction..........................................................................................................4 2ConfiguringHBAs................................................................................................5 ConfiguringSecureBoot.......................................................................................................................5 ConfiguringEmulexHBAsinBIOSenvironments................................................................................5...
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1Introduction Traditionally,serversareconfiguredtoinstalltheoperatingsystemoninternaldirect-attached storagedevices.WithexternalbootingfromHBAsorRAIDarrays,server-basedinternalboot devicescanbeeliminated.Bootingfromanexternaldeviceprovideshigh-availabilityfeatures fortheoperatingsystemduringthebootprocessbyconfiguringtheHBABIOSwithredundant bootpaths. BootingfromSANprovides: •Improveddisasterrecovery •ReducedbackuptimewhenthebootpathisthroughaSAN •AdditionalSAN-managedfeatures 4Introduction
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2ConfiguringHBAs NOTE: •AlthoughtheproceduresinthischapterrefertoHBAs,theyapplytoallsupportedadapter types(HBA,CNA,LOM,andmezzaninecards). •ForWindowsservers,onlyonebootpathmustbeconfigured. IMPORTANT:HewlettPackardEnterpriserecommendsdisablingHBABIOSonHBAsthat arenotpartofBFS. HBA/CNA/LOM/mezzaninecardsprovideBFSfunctionality.Whenadaptersareconfiguredto bootfromthediskdeviceontheSAN,theserverbootsasiftheSANdiskwerealocaldisk.More...
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9.UsetheupanddownarrowkeystonavigatetotheHBAthatneedstobesetastheprimary bootpath,andthenenter1. ThearrayWWNandLUNcreated,appears. 10.AttheSelectTwo-DigitNumberoftheDesiredBootDeviceprompt,enter theindexofthecontrollerport. 11.Whenprompted,entertheLUNIDofthestartingLUN. 12.Whenprompted,entertheindexofthebootdevicefromthelist. 13.SelectBootthisdeviceviaWWPN. 14.ReturntotheListofSavedDeviceswindow. 15.ExitfromtheBIOSmenuandreboottheserver. 16.ForserversrunningWindows:•...
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6.SelectSetBootfromSAN,andchangetheoptiontoEnable. 7.Ifneeded,changetheappropriateFCFparameterstoconnecttoyourFC/FCoEnetwork. 8.SelectAddBootDeviceandwaitfortheadaptertoscanandfindthebootabletargets availableonthefabric. 9.SelectthedesiredbootdeviceWWPN,andthenpressEnter. 10.SelectthedesiredbootLUN,andthenpressEnter. 11.SelectCommitChanges,andthenpressEnter. 12.PressESCuntilyouhavereturnedtotheHBAsHIIconfigurationmenu. 13.ConfigureadditionalboottargetsbyrepeatingStep6throughStep10....
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f.Selectthealternatedevicefromwhichtoboot,andthenpressEnter. 13.RepeatStep12forallcontrollerportsinthearray. 14.PressEsctwicetosavethechanges,andthenselectSaveChanges. TheconfigurationchangestotheselectedHBAaresaved. 15.FromtheFast!UTILOptionsmenu,selectSelectHostAdapter,andthenpressEnter. SelecttheotherHBAsandrepeatStep2throughStep14. 16.PressEsctwicetosavethechanges. Initialsetupiscomplete. 17.Reboottheserver. ConfiguringQLogicHBAsinUEFIEnvironments...
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ConfiguringBrocadeHBAs EnableordisableBIOSforBFS,setportspeed,anddisplayHBABIOSsettingsusingBCU commands.Bydefault,BIOSisenabledonallHBAports. HPEBrocadeBIOSConfigurationUtilitycanbeutilized,embeddedwiththebootcode,BCU commands,andtheHCMtoconfigureBFS.Formoreinformationabouttheprocedures,seethe BootCodechapterintheBrocadeAdaptersinstallationandreferencemanualavailableathttp:// www.hpe.com/support/manuals.UnderStorage,clickStorageNetworking,andthenunder HostBusAdapters,selectyourproduct....
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14.ProvisionStorageAccessintheSAN Storageaccessconsistsofzoneprovisioningandstorage-selectiveLUNpresentation,each ofwhichiscommonlyprovisionedperinitiatorWWPN.Thetwooptionsavailableforstorage accessare: a.Pre-provisioning–Toallowtheappropriateaccessfortheinitiator,manuallymodify fabriczoningandstorage-selectiveLUNpresentationbyusinginitiatorWWPN. b.Ctrl-Rmethod–TheCtrl-Rmethodallowstheusertoapplythebootinitiatortocarry thelinkandloginintoallavailablefabricsandtargets.Usingthismethod,theusercan...