Fibre Channel with Host Bus Adapters in the Windows Environment Brochure

EMC Fibre Channel with QLogic HBAs in Windows Hosts
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Contents
Installation Procedure for Windows 2000 and Windows
2003 Hosts................................................................................ 2-15
Updating the HBA Driver in a Windows 2000 or Windows
2003 Host......................................................................................... 2-17
Upgrading to Windows 2003 from Windows 2000 or
Windows NT 4.0 ............................................................................ 2-19
Chapter 3 Configuring an EMC Boot Device
Introduction...................................................................................... 3-2
How to Determine I/O Latency and Load on the Boot
LUN ............................................................................................ 3-3
Boot Crashdump Save to Disk Behavior............................... 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
Configuring a CLARiiON Boot Device ...................................... 3-10
Procedure Flowchart .............................................................. 3-10
Requirements .......................................................................... 3-12
Preparing the Storage System............................................... 3-13
Setting Up the HBA BIOS...................................................... 3-14
Preparing the Fabric............................................................... 3-15
Preparing the Server............................................................... 3-18
Configuring the HBA Boot BIOS.......................................... 3-20
Installing Windows ................................................................ 3-22
Verifying HBA Driver and Digital Signature Installation 3-25
Assigning a Permanent Boot Drive Letter for
Windows NT ........................................................................... 3-26
Installing Multipath and Failover Software ....................... 3-26
Installing Additional Navisphere Host Agent Software .. 3-27
Configuring Additional Boot Port Name Entries in the
Boot BIOS................................................................................. 3-27
Starting a Fresh Installation .................................................. 3-31
Boot Time and LUN Availability ................................................. 3-32
Replacing a Boot HBA................................................................... 3-33
EMC Symmetrix ..................................................................... 3-33
EMC CLARiiON ..................................................................... 3-33
How a Server Responds to Failure in the Boot LUN Path....... 3-34
Known Issues ................................................................................. 3-35