Boot from SAN Guide

Contents
About this guide ................................................................................... 7
Intended audience ...................................................................................................................... 7
Document conventions and symbols ............................................................................................... 7
Rules and assumptions ................................................................................................................. 8
Recording reference numbers ................................................................................................. 8
HP technical support ................................................................................................................... 8
Subscription service .................................................................................................................... 9
HP websites ............................................................................................................................... 9
Documentation feedback ............................................................................................................. 9
1 Boot from SAN ................................................................................ 11
BFS Rules and Assumptions ........................................................................................................ 11
Why boot from SAN? ............................................................................................................... 11
Required hardware and software ................................................................................................ 12
Restrictions ............................................................................................................................... 14
Operating system restrictions ................................................................................................ 14
Clustered server restrictions .................................................................................................. 14
Storport miniport driver restrictions ................................................................................. 14
Reconfiguring HBA zoning to avoid time-out conditions ..................................................... 15
Server replacement in the event of a server failure .................................................................. 15
Prerequisites ............................................................................................................................. 15
Supported configurations ........................................................................................................... 15
RAID arrays ............................................................................................................................ 15
Working with boot disk partitions ............................................................................................... 16
Switch-based zoning ................................................................................................................. 16
Cabling options for single-channel HBAs ..................................................................................... 16
Cabling options for dual-channel HBAs ........................................................................................ 18
Booting Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server X64 edition systems from a storage area
network ................................................................................................................................... 21
SCSIport miniport and Storport miniport driver support for Boot from SAN configurations ................... 21
Boot from SAN procedures ........................................................................................................ 21
Step 1 – Set up the system hardware – basic .......................................................................... 21
Configure the HBAs — BIOS enable ..................................................................................... 22
Step 2a – QLogic HBAs ................................................................................................ 22
Step 2b – Emulex HBAs ............................................................................................... 22
Step 3 – Virtual Connect Manager setup .............................................................................. 22
Step 4 – Hardware setup – SAN configuration ....................................................................... 23
Step 4a – Configure the host boot order ......................................................................... 23
Step 4b – Setting up switch zoning ....................................................................................... 23
Step 4c – Create a LUN ...................................................................................................... 24
Creating a LUN on Enterprise Virtual Arrays .................................................................... 24
Creating a LUN on Modular Smart Arrays 1000 and 1500 .............................................. 24
Creating a LUN on XP ................................................................................................. 24
Step 5 – Configure the HBAs – boot path assignment .............................................................. 24
Step 5a – QLogic HBAs ................................................................................................ 25
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