System information

3 Use the cursor keys to select the chosen SP and press Enter.

If the SP has only one LUN attached, it is selected as the boot LUN, and you can skip to Step 4.

If the SP has more than one LUN attached, the Select LUN page opens. Use the arrow keys to position

to the selected LUN and press Enter.

If any remaining storage processors show in the list, position to those entries and press C to clear the

data.

4 Press Esc twice to exit.

5 Press Enter to save the setting.

Setting Up the Emulex FC HBA for Boot from SAN

Configuring the Emulex HBA BIOS to boot ESX from SAN includes enabling the BootBIOS prompt and

enabling BIOS.

Enable the BootBIOS Prompt

When you configure the Emulex HBA BIOS to boot ESX from SAN, you need to enable the BootBIOS prompt.

Procedure

1 From the ESX service console or a Linux command prompt, run lputil.

NOTE Consider booting the ESX host from a Linux Administration CD that loads the Emulex driver, then

run lputil from there.

2 Select <3> Firmware Maintenance.

3 Select an adapter.

4 Select <6> Boot BIOS Maintenance.

5 Select <1> Enable Boot BIOS.

Enable the BIOS

When you configure the Emulex HBA BIOS to boot ESX from SAN, you need to enable BIOS.

Procedure

1 Reboot the ESX machine.

2 Press ALT+E at the Emulex prompt.

a Select an adapter (with BIOS support).

b Select <2> Configure Adapter's Parameters.

c Select <1> Enable or Disable BIOS.

d Select <1> to enable BIOS.

e Select <x> to exit and <N> to return to the main menu.

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