Installation guide

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EMC Fibre Channel and iSCSI with QLogic HBAs in the Windows Environment
Installation and Configuration
Installing the Windows Operating System
This section is a step by step procedure for installing Windows
2000/2003 Operating System to either an internal or external boot
device.
After you have your HBA(s) installed in your server (and configured
for external boot if necessary,) the next step is to install the Windows
operating system. If you intend to boot to an external device please
refer to Booting from the External Storage Array on page 1-10 for setting
the boot BIOS for external boot and selecting the external boot lun. If
your system is EFI based refer to Installing a RAMDISK under the EFI
Shell on page 1-35. Also refer to your server’s documentation for
preparing your server for external boot.
Note: If you intend to boot to an external disk, only present the LUN that you
intend to boot from. All additional luns can be added after the installation.
This will eliminate any confusion on selecting the correct partition for
installation and eliminates any problems that the Operating System could
encounter on reboot during the installation. Also confirm that that there is
only one path to the storage array. Having more that one path can cause the
operating system to fail during the installation.
To install Windows, you need the following materials:
◆ A Windows CD-ROM for the Windows version you wish to
install
◆ AN EMC-approved HBA driver diskette for Windows, or an EFI
RAMDisk if it is an EFI based install
To install Windows:
1. Insert a bootable Windows CD-ROM in the drive and reboot the
system. If your system has a bootable disk already configured
from a previous installation, the software will prompt you to
press any key to boot from CD-ROM.
2. If you are installing Windows to boot from an external array disk,
you will need to supply setup with the HBA driver. To do this,
immediately after the Windows installation begins, press F6
when directed or when the blue screen appears. Otherwise,
proceed to step 6.
Pressing F6 tells the Windows installer that you want to load a
third-party driver before proceeding with the installation.