Configuring the hba boot bios, Configuring the hba boot bios -20 – EMC Qlogic QLA23xx User Manual

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EMC Fibre Channel with QLogic HBAs in Windows Hosts

Configuring an EMC Boot Device

What Next?

Configure the HBA Boot BIOS as described in the next section.

Configuring the HBA
Boot BIOS

Follow these steps to configure the storage system LUN for the HBA
Boot BIOS:

1. Reboot the server.

When the QLogic BIOS banner (shown below) appears, press

CTRL–Q

.

Different HBA models may display different banners. Be sure to select
CTRL-Q for the HBA you wish to configure.

2. After

Fast!UTIL

loads, the display depends on whether there are

multiple QLogic HBAs installed:

• If there is only one QLogic HBA, the

Fast!UTIL

Options

menu appears.

• If there are multiple QLogic HBAs, a list of addresses occupies

by those HBAs appears. Use the arrow keys to select the
desired HBA; then press

ENTER

. The

Fast!UTIL

Options menu

appears.

3. Select Configuration Settings from the menu.

4. Select Selectable Boot Settings from the Configuration Settings

menu.

Select the first Boot Port Name entry, and in the Device window
scroll to select the CLARiiON port WWN from which you want to
boot.

Depending on the array model, the HBA may not yet detect any LUNs,
or it may detect a LUNZ labeled disk. This is normal behavior.

Leave the server here so the HBA will remain active while you
configure the storage array groups.

5. Using EMC ControlCenter Navisphere Management software,

you must add the HBA to the storage group you created earlier.
Depending on the array model, you may have to first manually

QLogic Corporation
QLA2300 PCI Fibre Channel ROM BIOS Version 1.17
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Press <CTRL - Q> for Fast!UTIL
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