HP StorageWorks SAN Virtualization Services Platform administrator guide (5697-0204, January 2010)

2. Map a LUN to the virtual machine as described in the chapter titled “Creating Virtual Machines.”
Specifically, follow the instructions in the section titled “Mapping a SAN LUN.”
NOTE:
The ESX Server has two methods of presenting SAN storage to virtual machines:
• With disk files, a virtual machine can use part of a VMFS-formatted virtual disk on a
presented SAN LUN as its storage drive. This option allows you to have multiple machines
boot from the same LUN, where each machine has its OS installed on that LUN.
• A virtual machine can use an entire unpartitioned LUN as a RAW device and put its
own partition and file system on the entire LUN.
3. Install the Guest OS as described in chapter 10 titled “Creating Virtual Machines.” Specifically,
follow the instructions in the section titled “Installing a Guest Operating System.”
4. After completion of the OS install, power on the virtual machine. It will boot from the SAN volume.
Another resource is the VMware VSphere Basic System Administration guide that can be obtained at
http://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere4/r40/vsp_40_admin_guide.pdf.
Boot from SAN with Windows Server
1. Connect one port of the server HBA to a front-end switch.
2. Power on the server and enter the HBA BIOS settings menu.
3. Configure all HBA ports:
a. Enable the Target Reset option.
b. Disable the “Enable LIP Reset.”
c. Disable the “Enable LIP Full login.”
4. For one HBA port, enable the Boot BIOS.
5. Configure a boot zone for the server. This zone should include only one path between the host
and the DPM.
6. Log in to the DPM using the admin username and issue the command show debug wwpn. The
DPM should see the boot HBA.
7. Log in to VSM GUI and add a host with an assigned HBA.
8. Create a virtual disk with the size of 30 GB. Add a UDH permission to the host.
9. Go to the HBA BIOS, scan the SAN devices, and check that one DPM port is listed.
10. Set the boot device in the HBA BIOS. This is a combination of the DPM WWNN and the LUN
assigned to the VSM volume. Save the settings and reboot the server.
11. Launch the Windows 2008 Enterprise Edition installation process. When requested for the
destination for the operating system, select the VSM volume virtualized by the OS. It will have
the same LU number set through the VSM GUI and the same capacity as the VSM volume.
Complete the operating system installation.
12. Install or update the latest QLogic HBA driver. Reboot the server.
13. Install the multipathing host software (and failover driver). Reboot the server.
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