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EMC Fibre Channel with QLogic HBAs in the Windows Environment
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Contents
Installation Procedure for Windows 2000 and
Windows 2003 Hosts.............................................................. 2-16
Updating the HBA Driver in a Windows 2000 or
Windows 2003 Host....................................................................... 2-18
Upgrading to Windows 2003 from Windows 2000 or
Windows NT 4.0 ............................................................................ 2-20
Replacing an HBA ......................................................................... 2-21
Procedure for Replacing a QLogic HBA in Stratus
ftServers without Rebooting................................................. 2-21
Chapter 3 Configuring an EMC Boot Device
Introduction...................................................................................... 3-2
Boot-from-SAN Configuration Restrictions ......................... 3-2
Risks of Booting from the Storage Array .............................. 3-2
How to Determine I/O Latency and Load on
the Boot LUN ............................................................................ 3-3
Boot Crashdump Save to Disk Behavior............................... 3-4
Boot-from-SAN with MSCS.................................................... 3-4
Configuring a Symmetrix Boot Device......................................... 3-5
Configuring the Boot BIOS ..................................................... 3-5
Installing the Windows OS onto the Boot Device................ 3-7
Installing EFI boot code onto the HBA.................................. 3-8
Configuring QLogic EFI boot code to boot from an
External Array......................................................................... 3-10
Procedure to Install Windows Server 2003 on a Fibre
Channel Disk (Only for system with floppy disk drive).. 3-13
Configuring a CLARiiON Boot Device ...................................... 3-14
Procedure Flowchart.............................................................. 3-14
Requirements .......................................................................... 3-16
Preparing the Storage System............................................... 3-17
Setting Up the HBA BIOS...................................................... 3-18
Preparing the Fabric............................................................... 3-19
Preparing the Server .............................................................. 3-22
Configuring the HBA Boot BIOS.......................................... 3-23
Installing Windows ................................................................ 3-25
Verifying HBA Driver and Digital Signature Installation 3-28
Assigning a Permanent Boot Drive Letter for
Windows NT........................................................................... 3-29
Installing Multipath and Failover Software ....................... 3-29
Installing Additional Navisphere Host Agent Software .. 3-30
Configuring Additional Boot Port Name Entries
in the Boot BIOS...................................................................... 3-31
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