Installation guide

How this guide works

Installation and Configuration

On the resulting EMC Approved Software page, it is possible to

download the most recent EMC-approved drivers and BIOS files as

well as documentation and helpful software tools.

Figure 1 Installation and configuration overview

Create a floppy disk

with EMC-approved

driver, firmware, and

boot BIOS

Install firmware and

boot BIOS from DOS

Copy the EMC-approved

driver and firmware, and

the Intel EFI RAMDISK

driver to a USB pen drive

or floppy disk to be used

in a USB floppy drive

Install firmware and

EFIBoot driver from

EFI Shell

Are you

installing an IA-64

or EFI-based

server?

Configure the

QLogic Boot BIOS

Configure the

EFIBoot driver

Start

Installing the HBA(s) into the server

Booting

from the external

storage arrays?

YES NO

Booting from the External

Storage Array

Install Windows OS

Install HBA Driver and

Software Utilities

Verify Connectivity to the

Storage Array

GEN-000017Q

Verify Array/LUN

Visibility for Boot