HP StorageWorks Booting Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based Systems from a Storage Area Network Application Notes

Table 2 Required hardware and software
Feature
Requiremen t
Operating syst
ems
Datacenter and Enterprise Editions of:
•
Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems
•
Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based systems
RAID arrays
Enterprise Virtual Arrays
Modular Smart Arrays
XP
Disk Arrays
Fibre Channel switches B-Series, C-Series, and M-Series switch products. See the HP
StorageWorks SA N design reference guide on th e website
h
ttp://h18006.www 1.hp.com/products/storageworks/san/
documentation.html
Servers
All HP Integr
ity ser vers are supported. For deta iled in formation, g o to
h
ttp://www.hp.com/products1/integrity/index.html.
Host bus a dap ters (HBAs) AB232A, product number AB232A
AB467A, product number AB467A
AB466A, product number AB466A
A7 298A, product number A7298A
FC2143, product number AD167A
FC2243, product number AD168A
FC1143, product number AB429A
FC1243, product number AB379A
FC1142, product number AE311A
FC1 242, product number AE312A
For the latest firmware, driver, BIOS, and EFI ver-
sions and information, go to the HP storage web site
h
ttp://h18006.www 1.hp.com/storage/saninfrastructure.html.
Extensible Firmware Interface
(EFI)
Emulex EFI-Based Setup Utility (ESBU)—3.11a4
Emulex EFI firmwar e–5 .01a8
HP
Smart Setup Media 4.00 or later
Restrictions
This section describes:
Operating system restrictions, page 3
Clustered ser ver restrictions, page 4
SCSIPORT miniport driver restrictions, page 4
Storport miniport driver restrictions, page 4
Standalone ser ver restrictions,page 4
Operating system restrictions
The following operating system restrictions apply:
• Microsoft
®
Windows operating systems require a unique, dedicated d isk for booting. Therefore,
each serv
er
connected to a R AID array must have its own disk, or LUN (logical unit number),
dedicate
d
solely for bo oting and operating system files. Data can be alloc ated across both the
boot
dis
k
and the remaining disks. Booting from array-based disk partitions is possible.
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