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EMC Fibre Channel with QLogic HBAs in the Windows Environment
Configuring an EMC Boot Device
Requirements
This section lists supported configurations, hardware and software
requirements, and related documentation.
Topologies,
Configurations, and
Revisions
Refer to the EMC Support Matrix.
Hardware and
Software
Requirements
Refer to the EMC Support Matrix for specific support information.
Some general requirements are:
◆ Boot server with a CD-ROM and diskette drives, and support for
the Windows version you will install. Refer to the EMC Support
Matrix for supported servers.
◆ Latest HBA firmware and drivers for your operating system.
Refer to Downloading QLogic Drivers and Firmware on page 2-2.
◆ One or more PCI Fibre Channel host bus adapters, installed in the
lowest numbered PCI slot(s), which are the slots first scanned at
startup, in the boot server.
◆ If installing in a fabric environment, Fibre Channel switch
configured for IP, and with an available zone configuration utility
(Telnet-based or Web-based).
◆ If required by the EMC Support Matrix, CLARiiON storage system
with Access Logix™ and Access Control enabled (using EMC
ControlCenter Navisphere Management software).
Until Windows is fully installed, you must connect only the
storage system onto which the operating system will be loaded.
Later, you can connect other storage systems.
◆ Cable connections as appropriate for server between server Fibre
Channel HBA, switch (FC-SW only), and storage system SPs.
◆ Navisphere Management station with EMC ControlCenter
Navisphere Management software or CLI. The station must be
separate from the boot server but networked to the storage
system (FC4700 and later array models) or connected to the
storage system (models earlier than FC4700).
◆ The host system for Windows NT 4 must have less than 4.0 GB of
physical RAM. (MSKB Q160392).
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