Installation and Reference Guide for HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for XP family of Disk Arrays 3.00.00 (AA-RVJ6F-TE, March 2008)

3. The response fi le is created at the following location: %WINDDIR%\setup.iss,where,
%WINDIR% is the Windows installation directory.
4. Use this setup.iss file to perform the same silent m ode operation on multiple systems across
thesameplatform.
Setting up boot
fr om SAN
HP M PIO XP DSM c
anbesetuptobootexternallyfromaSANthatusesHPStorageWorksHBAsand
RAID arrays. B
ooting externally offers the following advantages:
• Optional elim ina tion of server-based internal boot devices.
• Decreaseddowntimeintheeventofaserverfailure.
Booting from
aSANrequiresspecific setup procedures based on the specificsoftwaresolutions,HBA
firmware, and
boot BIOS versions. See the following documents for detailed information about b ooting
from a SAN:
• HP StorageWorks Booting 32-bit Windows systems and Windows Server x64 Edition
systems from a Storage Area Network application notes available at this web site:
h
ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/storageworks/san/documentation.html
• HP StorageWorks Booting Itanium 64-bit Windows Systems from a Storage Area Network
application notes available at this web site: h
ttp://h18006.www1.hp.com/products/
storagew
orks/san/documentation.html
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Installing the HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for XP family of Disk Arrays