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Booting Linux x86 and x86_64 systems from a Storage Area Network with Device Mapper Multipath Enabling the High Availability feature for Operating Sy

Emulex HBA ROM configuration To configure the boot device for high availability on HP ProLiant servers, complete the following steps: 1. While the s

Figure 16 5. From the Configure Adapter’s Parameters screen (Figure 16) select option 4, Topology Selection, (Advanced Option). 6. From the Topolo

Figure 18 10. Enter the LUN ID of the starting LUN at the prompt. The devices are scanned starting from the entered LUN ID. Figure 19 11. At the p

Figure 20 12. Select option 1, Boot this device via WWPN. Figure 21 13. From the Saved device list menu (Figure17), configure the alternate paths

HP Smart Array P700m Controller ORCA Configuration To configure the boot device for high availability on HP ProLiant servers, complete the following

Figure 24 5. At Menu Select Boot Volume, select the Lun to be configured as Boot partition. Figure 25 6. Press F8 to save as Boot Volume. Figur

HP SC08Ge SAS HBA configuration To configure the HP SC08Ge SAS HBA as the boot controller, complete the following steps: 1. While the system is boo

# 06/15/06 jpd # # Consult the IETF iSP iSCSI for details of these items. # ## # Name of the iSCSI Target. Must match what the target offers. # Hard c

Installing the operating systems Root partition on SAN has become popular with blade systems and virtualization technologies. Multipath feature suppor

Figure 28 b. Select Add iSCSI targets and click Add drive. Figure 29 c. Enable network Interface for the currently used NIC. 19

Document Overview This white paper helps you understand the concepts and configuration of boot from SAN and enabling multipath features for the Root p

Figure 30 d. Enter the target IP address. Figure 31 e. Repeat step a to d to add more iSCSI targets. 4. While creating partitions during the i

Figure 32 5. Ensure that iscsi-initiator-utils and device-mapper-multipath packages are selected in the package list. Figure 33 21

Figure 34 6. Complete the installation and reboot the server. Note: • If the installation partitions are on a XP array, comment the following lin

Figure 35 b. Provide the parameters “withiscsi=1” to the kernel boot line for SLES11. Figure 36 2. To add the iSCSI devices for installation,

Figure 37 b. Configure the IP information. Figure 38 c. Ensure that the “Initiator Name” is correct. Figure 39 d. Setting up the target IP:

Figure 40 • For SLES11 operating systems ensure that more than one target IP set. By default only one target IP is connected. Add new target IPs us

Figure 42 • Click Connect to connect to the target IP. Figure 43 • Change the Start-Up to automatic by using the toggle set-up button. 3. Sele

c. Click Configure > Configure Multipath > Yes > Yes. d. Select the DM devices to create installation partitions. Figure 44 • For SLES10

28 • Modify "root=/dev/disk/by-id/cciss-3xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" to "root=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-3xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" in /boot/

Additional Information For detailed information about HBAs, switches, storage arrays, and storage software, go to the following websites: Table 1 Top

Configuring boot from SAN Boot from SAN has become a de facto description for the capability of having a server boot its operating system from SAN. T

Figure 2 b. Select the NIC to which the boot option is to be set and press Enter twice. Figure 3 c. Select iSCSI Boot and press Enter. Figure 4

3. Press Escape, and then press F10 to save your configuration and exit the utility. Configuring HBA/NIC ROM This section details the steps to conf

Qlogic HBA ROM configuration To configure the boot device for high availability on HP ProLiant servers, complete the following steps: 1. While the

4. From the Configuration Settings menu, select Adapter Settings, and press Enter. Figure 8 5. From the Adapter Settings menu, change Host Adapter

9. From the Select Fibre Channel Device menu, select the controller Port Name of the array and press Enter. Figure 11 10. From Select LUN menu, sel

Figure 13 12. Save the changes by pressing ESC twice, and then select Save Changes. This saves the configuration changes to selected HBA. 13. From