Installation guide

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EMC Fibre Channel and iSCSI with QLogic HBAs in the Windows Environment
Planning, Miscellaneous Procedures, and Troubleshooting
Setting Up External Boot for IBM Blade Server HS40 (8839)
Configuring an HS40 BladeCenter Server to Boot from an External Array
IBM HS40 (8839) Blade servers encounter a dual-port HBA conflict
when attempting to configure boot BIOS to boot from an external
array. To configure an HS40 BladeCenter server to boot successfully
follow the steps below.
1. Create a single zone containing the HBA port from which you
want to boot. This prevents any conflicts with the other fibre
port.
2. Configure the QLogic BIOS to boot from the EMC array as
described earlier in the fibre channel section of this guide. During
server POST, be sure that the QLogic banner displays the selected
boot LUN correctly before continuing.
3. Reboot the host and press
F1 to enter the server BIOS
Configuration/Setup Utility.
4. Select Devices and I/O Ports, and press
ENTER.
5. Select IDE Configuration Menu, and press
ENTER.
6. Select the Onboard PCI IDE Controller, and press
ENTER. Under
the options menu, set this IDE Controller to disabled. This will
disable the internal IDE disk drives.
7. Press
ESC twice to return to the IDE Configuration Menu and
then select Start Options, and press
ENTER.
8. Select Startup Sequence Options, and press
ENTER.
9. Select Third Startup Device, and press
ENTER.
10. Select HAx PortID xxxxxx xxxxx, and press
ENTER. This boot
device will be replaced as the Third Startup Device in the
Startup Sequence Options.
11. Press
ESC until you are prompted to save your changes. Then exit
the BIOS Configuration/Setup Utility.