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6. Complete the installation and reboot the server.
Note:
• If the installation partitions are on a XP array, comment the following line in "defaults
section" in the /etc/multipath.conf file:
prio_callout "/bin/true"
• If the installation partitions are on a MSA2xxxsa array, comment the following line in
"device section" of the MSA2xxxsa array in the /etc/multipath.conf file:
getuid_callout "/sbin/hp_scsi_id -g -u -n -s /block/%n"
Recommended configuration on SLES operating system
• It is recommended to have a single path to the logical units while installing SLES10
operating systems and multiple paths to the logical units while installing SLES11 systems.
• It is also recommended to mount the installation partitions using “by-label” fstab option.
• If you are choosing to mount the installation partitions by device-id, ensure that you set the
"user_friendly_names" to "no" in /etc/multipath.conf file to avoid boot failures after
rebuilding the initrd image.
Note: For iSCSI SAN devices in SLES10SP2, use only “by-id” fstab option to mount the
installation partitions.
1. Start the installation of the operating system. For iSCSI SAN boot, complete the following
step, else go to Step 3
:
a. Provide the parameters “withiscsi=1 netsetup=1” to the kernel boot line for
SLES10SP2.
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