Installation guide

EMC Fibre Channel and iSCSI with QLogic HBAs in the Windows Environment
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Preface............................................................................................................................. xi
Chapter 1 Installation and Configuration
How this Guide Works.................................................................... 1-2
Downloading Latest QLogic Drivers/Firmware/
BIOS files................................................................................. 1-2
Installing the HBA into Your Server ...................................................
EMC CLARiiON Arrays ............................................................. 1-5
Booting from the External Storage Array................................... 1-10
Create a Floppy Disk with the EMC-Approved Driver
and BIOS ............................................................................... 1-10
Install/Upgrade Firmware and Boot BIOS from DOS...... 1-11
Verifying Array/LUN Visibility for Boot ........................... 1-12
QLogic QLA23xx-based FibreChannel HBA BIOS/
Boot LUN settings................................................................ 1-12
Installing a RAMDISK under the EFI Shell................................ 1-35
Installing the Windows Operating System ................................ 1-36
Installing HBA Driver and Software Utilities............................ 1-43
Pre-installation Guidelines.................................................... 1-43
Driver Installation/ Upgrade ............................................... 1-44
Post-installation Procedures.................................................. 1-50
Show SAN................................................................................ 1-54
QLogic Advanced Utilities ...................................................................
NVRAM Settings......................................................................... 1-55
Updating While Running Windows.................................... 1-55
Updating the Flash BIOS Using SANsurfer FC HBA
Manager ................................................................................ 1-56
Verifying Connectivity to the Storage Array ............................. 1-59
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