Installation guide
EMC Host Connectivity with QLogic Fibre Channel HBAs and CNAs in the Windows Environment
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Contents
Show SAN .................................................................................. 90
FCoE converged network adapter (CNA) procedures................ 91
Overview .................................................................................... 91
Installing Fibre Channel BIOS and firmware on a QLogic
CNA............................................................................................. 93
Installing Menlo firmware on a QLogic CNA....................... 97
Installing or upgrading the driver and utilities on a
QLogic QLE8242 CNA............................................................ 101
Updating adapter firmware on a QLogic QLE8242
CNA........................................................................................... 105
Configuring QLogic FAST!UTIL 10 GbE iSCSI BIOS/
boot LUN settings for QLE8242 iSCSI adapters.................. 117
Establishing connectivity to the storage array........................... 127
Verifying connectivity to the storage array................................. 128
Verifying connectivity through QLogic SANSurfer........... 128
Verifying connectivity using the Server Manager.............. 130
Installing additional Unisphere/Navisphere Host Agent
software............................................................................................ 133
Chapter 2 Miscellaneous Planning and Procedures
Zoning and connection planning in a fabric environment....... 136
Installing and configuring the QLogic QLA40xx and
QLe40xx iSCSI adapter (TOE)....................................................... 137
Using the QLogic iSCSI SANsurfer application to
configure iSCSI devices.......................................................... 137
Configuring iSNS settings for QLA4010.............................. 140
Booting from SAN with QLogic QLA40xx and Microsoft
Initiator............................................................................................. 146
Boot-from-SAN configuration restrictions.................................. 156
Benefits of booting from the storage array.......................... 156
Setting up external boot for IBM BladeCenter server HS40
(8839) ................................................................................................ 157
Configuring an HS40 BladeCenter server to boot from
an external array...................................................................... 157
Blade server restrictions ......................................................... 158
Manually installing the adapter driver – Advanced users....... 159
Where to find the driver......................................................... 159
Required Windows STORPort updates ............................... 159
Migrating Windows 2003 drivers from SCSI to STOR....... 160
Manual driver installation procedure for Windows
2000, 2003, or Windows 2008 hosts....................................... 160