Installation guide

EMC Fibre Channel and iSCSI with QLogic HBAs in the Windows Environment

Contents

Chapter 2 Planning, Miscellaneous Procedures, and

Troubleshooting

Installing and Configuring the QLogic QLA4010 iSCSI HBA

(TOE).................................................................................................. 2-2

Using the QLogic iSCSI SANsurfer Application to

Configure iSCSI Devices....................................................... 2-2

Configuring iSNS settings for QLA4010............................... 2-4

Booting from SAN with QLogic QLA4010 and Microsoft

Initiator......................................................................................... 2-11

Boot-from-SAN Configuration Restrictions .............................. 2-13

Setting Up External Boot for IBM Blade Server HS40 (8839) .. 2-14

Configuring an HS40 BladeCenter Server to Boot from

an External Array ................................................................ 2-14

BladeServer Restrictions............................................................... 2-15

Editing the Windows Time Out Value........................................ 2-16

Manually Installing the HBA Driver – Advanced Users......... 2-17

Driver Revision....................................................................... 2-17

Where to Find the Driver ...................................................... 2-18

Windows 2003 STORPort Updates ...................................... 2-18

Installation Procedure for Windows 2000 and

Windows 2003 Hosts........................................................... 2-18

Updating the HBA Driver in a Windows 2000 or

Windows 2003 Host............................................................. 2-19

Upgrading to Windows 2003 from Windows 2000............ 2-21

Extended Error Logging by QLogic Drivers.............................. 2-22

Procedure for Replacing a QLogic HBA in Stratus ftServers

without Rebooting......................................................................... 2-23

Set the HBA FC-AL Loop ID........................................................ 2-26

Special Instructions for CLARiiON CX200-Series Direct-

Connect Dual-Host Clustering Configurations...................... 2-28

Understanding Persistent Binding in a Fabric

Environment................................................................................ 2-30

Problems and Solutions ................................................................ 2-33

Problem 1 ................................................................................. 2-33

Problem 2 ................................................................................. 2-33

Problem 3 ................................................................................. 2-33

Problem 4 ................................................................................. 2-34

Problem 5 ................................................................................. 2-34

Problem 6 ................................................................................. 2-34

Problem 7 ................................................................................. 2-35

Problem 8 ................................................................................. 2-35

Known Issues ................................................................................. 2-36