Product guide

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EMC Fibre Channel with QLogic Host Bus Adapters in the Solaris Environment
Configuring a Boot Device on the EMC Storage Array
Configuring a Symmetrix boot device
This section contains the following information for configuring a
Symmetrix boot device:
◆ “HBA FCode requirement,” next
◆ “Partitioning the boot device” on page 44
◆ “Creating file systems” on page 46
◆ “Installing a bootblk” on page 46
◆ “Copying required files” on page 47
◆ “Modifying OpenBoot” on page 48
◆ “Useful monitor commands” on page 51
◆ “Troubleshooting” on page 52
HBA FCode requirement
The FCode must be installed before configuring a Symmetrix boot
device. If it has not been installed, follow the steps under “Updating
the HBA FCode” on page 33.
Partitioning the boot device
1. Use the format command to verify that the sizes of the partitions
on the Symmetrix device chosen for the Solaris installation are
large enough to copy the current OS partitions. Examine the
partitions of the host source drive where the current OS resides:
a. At the %> prompt, select the host source drive and press
ENTER.
b. When prompted choose disk 0, press ENTER.
c. At the fomat> prompt, type partition and press ENTER.
d. At the partition> prompt, type print and press ENTER.