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Boot over SAN
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6. When the Driver Disk message box displays the “Do you have a driver disk” prompt, select Yes,
then press Enter.
ATTENTION
You must load the Brocade adapter driver at this stage so that the system can access the boot
LUN for Linux installation.
7. From the Driver Disk Source window, select the driver source hdx (where x is the CD or USB
drive letter), then press Enter.
The Insert Driver Disk window displays.
8. Insert the driver update disk (dud) that you created in
into the CD or DVD.
9. Select OK, then press Enter.
The driver loads automatically.
10. When the Disk Driver window displays prompting for more drivers to install, select No or Yes
depending on the installed adapter and operating system, then press Enter.
For RHEL 5 and later on x86 and x86_x64 platforms install the fc dud for an HBA, Fabric
Adapter port configured in HBA mode, CNA, or Fabric Adapter port configured in CNA mode.
The fc file format is brocade_fc__adapter_<operating
system>_<platform>_dud_<version>.iso.
11. Insert the Linux Red Hat product CD #1 in the CD drive (remove the adapter driver update CD
first if necessary), then press Enter.
12. Continue responding to on-screen instructions and refer to your system documentation as
necessary to format and complete installation on the target boot LUN.
Installing Linux (SLES 10 and later) and the driver
Use the following steps to install SLES 10 and later and the adapter driver on an unformatted Fibre
Channel disk configured as a bootable device.
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For HBAs installed on SLES 11 on UEFI-supported systems, refer to
on page 160. For Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA mode, refer to the
following procedures.
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For CNAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in CNA mode on SLES 11 on UEFI-supported
systems, refer to
“UEFI mode install and boot with CNAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in
If the LUN you have targeted for booting over SAN already has an operating system installed, be
sure to use options for reformatting the LUN during Linux installation. Refer to your operating
system documentation for details.
NOTE
If you are installing SLES 11 for systems with HBAs and Fabric Adapter ports configured in HBA mode
only, the appropriate drivers are included with the SLES product CD, so you can ignore steps 1
through 3 in the following procedures. However, if the driver is not detected on the SLES product CD
during installation, you should download the latest driver update ISO file, create a driver update disk
CD or USB drive, and use this to install drivers as outlined in the following steps.