Sun Microsystems X6450 - Manual (Page 21)

Chapter 1 Introduction 11
Connecting to Exterior Storage Devices Using a
Fibre Channel Connection
The Sun Blade X6450 supports connections to an external SAN over a fibre channel
link provided by a PCIe ExpressModule card in the corresponding PCIe
ExpressModule slot. The PCIe ExpressModule card provides a fibre channel
connection to the external SAN.
FIGURE 1-3 shows the configuration.
FIGURE 1-3 PCIe ExpressModule with Fibre Channel and SAN
The chassis supports two PCIe ExpressModule slots for each server slot. They are
numbered N-0 and N-1, where N is the server slot number. The numbering is
described in the chassis documentation.
See the documentation provided with the PCIe ExpressModule card for more details.
To configure a boot device on the SAN device, see “Accessing BIOS Configuration
Utilities and Selecting a Boot Device” on page 14 .
About the Boot Process
This section provides an overview of the boot process.
When you start your server module, it offers two chances to select the way it boots: