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Boot from SAN on VMware

To perform a Boot from SAN on VMware, see the document, HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel host

bus adapters software guide for Linux at the website http://bizsupport2.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/

support/SupportManual/c01672721/c01672721.pdf.

Installing the driver

You do not need to install the QLogic driver since it ships in-box with the ESX server.

NOTE:

VMware ESX 3.x.x is not supported on the IA64 architecture.

Installing the Linux device driver using Red Hat in-box driver

For instructions on how to install Linux while using the in-box drivers, see the HP website: http://

www.hp.com, then search for device mapper + boot + san.

You will need to install the HP-supplied Device Mapper Multipath Kit, after installing the operating

system, should a multiple path redundancy need exist. See the HP website: http://www.hp.com/go/

devicemapper

You will also need to install the new hp-fc-enablement kit, after installing the operating system.

HP Fibre Channel Enablement Kit

The HP Fibre Channel Enablement Kit provides additional libraries and configuration utilities to enable

HP StorageWorks fibre channel storage arrays to work with Linux. The Fibre Channel Enablement Kit

is not required to use the lpfc and qla2xxx kernel modules but it does provide configuration scripts

to make sure that they the correct settings to work with HP StorageWorks fibre channel arrays. The

Fibre Channel Enablement kit also sets the correct lpfc and qla2xxx kernel module setting that are

used with Device Mapper Multipathing.

NOTE:

If you are using any HP managmenet applications you will need the HBAAPI libraries that come with

the hp-fc-enablement RPM.

Installing the HP Fibre Channel Enablement Kit

To install the HP Fibre Channel Enablement Kit, do the following:

1. Download the hp-fc-enablement-yyyy-mm-dd.tar.gz file for your operating system and copy it to

the target server

2. Untar the enablement kit by executing the command to create the directory, hp-fc-enablement-

yyyy-mm-dd.

# tar zxvf hp-fc-enablement-yyyy-mm-dd.tar.gz

HP StorageWorks QLogic Fibre Channel host bus adapters for ProLiant and Integrity servers using

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