Boot from SAN Guide

Required hardware and software

The following table lists the hardware and software required to boot from a SAN.

Table 3 Required hardware and software

RequirementSupported feature

Datacenter Enterprise and Standard editions of:

• Windows Server 2003 for Itanium-based systems.

• Windows Server 2003 with SP1 for Itanium-based systems.

• Windows Server 2003 x86/x64.

• Windows Server 2008 x86/x64

NOTE:

All operating systems requires the latest supported Microsoft Service Pack.

Operating systems

EVA

MSA

RAID arrays

All HP supported Fibre Channel switches, running the latest released switch firmware

are supported in a Boot From SAN configuration. For more information, see the website

http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/networking/index.html

Fibre Channel

switches

All HP ProLiant servers, including HP ProLiant blade servers, are supported unless

otherwise noted. For more information, see the website

http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/platforms/storage.html

If you are using the Rapid Deployment Pack, see the support matrix for the supported

servers on the website

http://www.hp.com/servers/rdp

NOTE:

Boot from SAN does not support the DL140 and DL145 line of servers.

Servers

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