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20 Deployment and Migration of Boot from SAN Configuration using Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise version
3.3.1
4 Configuring servers for boot from SAN with FC Protocol
The following steps are used to create an FC SAN configuration.
Step 1: Create a base system.
A 'base system' is an existing server discovered in OME, which is already configured or is readied for a
one-time boot from SAN configuration. The template derived from this system is treated as a 'golden'
template and is used for deployment on the newly added servers.
Step 2: Capture template from the base system.
Step 3: Create and associate virtual identities to the template.
Step 4: Attach a Boot to Network ISO image for deployment.
Note: The ISO image can be customized to contain a ‘kickstart’ file so that the OS installation can go unattended.
Step 5: Deploy the template to the newly added servers.
4.1 Creation of a base system for a boot to SAN on the FC protocol
System setup is an integral part of 'stateless' deployment and is a onetime manual task. As
OpenManage Enterprise replicates this 'golden' configuration on equivalent devices, the success of
further deployments depends on the accuracy of this configuration.
If the base system is not already setup for boot from SAN using FC, follow the below mentioned
configuration guidelines.
As an example, setting up the base system using the following hardware configuration:
➢ Server used: MX840c
➢ FC card used: Emulex LightPulse LPm32002-D
Note: Different vendors have various methodologies to configure Boot from SAN. See the documentation
provided by the vendor for more details.
Creation of a
Base System
Capture
Template
Identity Pool
Creation
Associate
Identities
Deploy Template
Booting to SAN
via FC