Installation guide

Booting from the external storage array
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Installation and Configuration
◆ In some server instances, boot from an internal drive cannot be
explicitly disabled. In this case, the internal drive(s) must be
physically disconnected or removed from the server. Refer to
your server documentation for details.
IMPORTANT
In some cases, reinserting an internal drive (after having previously
removed it and configured a adapter for boot) may result in the
internal drive being re-enumerated as the first drive, and possibly
modifying the boot order, such that the server will attempt to boot
from the internal drive, rather than the intended array-based LUN.
Ensure that appropriate precautions are taken to make sure the
server will properly boot from an array-based LUN before
reinserting an internal system drive.
Legacy (x86 and most EM64T-based servers) boot BIOS configuration
During POST, the QLogic banner will be displayed.
1. Press Ctrl+Q to enter the Configuration utility:
Figure 6 QLogic banner
2. Select the adapter (enumerated by its I/O address) to be used for
boot.