Users Guide

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Emulex Boot for the Fibre Channel Protocol User Guide
A list of eight boot devices is shown (Figure 4). The primary boot device is the first entry shown, and it is the first bootable
device.
If the first boot entry fails due to a hardware error, the system can boot from the second bootable entry. If the second boot
entry fails, the system boots from the third bootable entry and so on, if it is configured in the system BIOS on a BBS
system.
NOTE: The Emulex BIOS utility only presents the boot devices to the system BIOS. The system BIOS must enumerate
and attempt to boot from the drive as the primary hard drive from which to boot. See Section 4.4.14, Using
Multipath Boot from SAN.
Figure 4: List of Saved Boot Devices Screen
2. Select a boot entry and press Enter.
A screen similar to Figure 5 is displayed.
Figure 5: Device Selection List Example (Array) Screen
NOTE: To minimize the amount of time needed to locate the boot device, select the drive with the lowest AL_PA as the
boot device when connected to devices on an FC-AL.