HPe Boot From San Configuration Guide
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3Bestpractices Considerthefollowing: •ForWindows,asinglepathtoasingleLUNmustbecreatedbeforestartingthebuildprocess. •VerifythebootorderintheserverRBSUandensurethatthebootHBAispositionedcorrectly. •InMicrosoftWindows2008server,ensurethattheUSBkeyispositionedbelowthehard driveC. •Whenthebuildprocessiscomplete,BFSdriverkitmustbeupgradedtothefullSmart Componentdriverkit. •Readthereleasenotesforthelatestrequiredupdates. •EnsurethattheHBAmanagementsoftwareversioniscompatiblewiththedriverthatis installed. •TheLinuxdriverlogsinformationaboutfabricordrivereventsthatitdetectsinthe/var/ log/messagesfile. •OnlyoneLUNcanbepresentedtotheserverforinstallation.Multiplepathsareacceptable forRHandSLES11,butSLES10mustcontainoneLUN,onepath. •ForWindowsOS,aseparateBFSDriverkitmustbeavailabletobeinstalledwhenever requested. •RunthelatestreleaseversionoftheSPPbeforetheBFSprocessisstartedtoupdatethe serverBIOS,HBA,CNA,andLOMfirmwaretothelatestreleasedversionasrecommended bytheserverinstallationdocumentfortheservertypeyouareinstallingon. Driverinstallationandupgrade •TheSmartComponentcreatesalogfileaftertheinstallationiscomplete.Viewthislogfile toverifythattheinstallationwassuccessful. •Lookforanyyellowwarningflagsinthedevicemanager. •FromtheDeviceManager,opentheHBAdevicetoverifythatthedriverisrunningproperly. •Usethevendormanagementutilitytoverifythedriver,firmware,anduniversalcodeversions, aswellasthedriverparameters. Driverinstallationandupgrade11
4Installingtheoperatingsystem Emulex,QLogic,andBrocadeHBAs NOTE:AlthoughtheproceduresinthischapterrefertoHBAs,theyalsoapplytoallsupported EmulexandQLogicadapterHBA,CNA,LOM,andmezzaninecardtypes. Linux VerifythattherearemultiplepathstotheLUNSbeforeinstallingaLinuxoperatingsystem. NOTE:DriversfornewlyreleasedHBAofferingsmaynotappearinthebaseinstallationCD ofpreviousLinuxOSreleases.Inthesecasesadriverupdatedisk(DUD)mustbeloadedduring theinstallation. DUDinstallinstructions: 1.BoottheBootRH72CD. 2.OntheRH72installscreen,entere. 3.OntheLinuxcommandline,enterinst.dd. 4.PressCtrl+XtocontinuewiththeOSboot. OntheDUDCLIprompt: 1.IfusingaseparateDVDdrivefortheDUD,selectthedrivenumberattheprompt. 2.IfusingtheRemoteDesktopVirtualdrive: a.UnmountinstallCDimagefile. b.MountthedriverISOusingImagefile Selectthefollowingoptionsbasedonyourchoice: R=refresh #select C–continue c.Onceyouseealistofdisks,umountthedriverISO d.Mounttheinstalldisk. e.SelectRefreshtorefreshthescreenorContinuetocontinuewithinstallation. RedHatEnterpriseLinux 1.Starttheinstallationoftheoperatingsystem. 2.Providetheparameterlinuxmpathtothekernelbootline. NOTE:Whilecreatingpartitionsduringtheinstallationprocess,youwillseemultipath devices(/dev/mapper/mpath*).Createtheinstallationpartitionsusingmultipathdevices. Multipathingfeaturesareenabledforalltheoperatingsystempartitionscreatedonmultipath devicesduringinstallation. 3.ViewtheBaseSystempackagelistandensurethatthedevice-mapper-multipath packageisselected. 4.Completetheinstallationandboottheserver. FormoreinformationonDUDkitinstallations,seetheRedHatdocumentationontheRedHat website. 12Installingtheoperatingsystem
SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer 1.Selectthedeviceforinstallingtheoperatingsystem: •ForSLES11: 1.SelecttheDMdevicestocreateinstallationpartitions. Bydefault,DMdevicesarenotlisted.TolisttheDMdevices,selectHardDisks. 2.SelectConfigure→ConfigureMultipath→Yes→Yes. 3.SelecttheDMdevicestocreateinstallationpartitions. •ForSLES10,selectSANdevicesforinstallationpartitions. 2.Whilecreatingtheinstallationpartitions,selectoneofthefstaboptionsunderMountin /etc/fstabby: •Ifyouintendtousetheuser_friendly_nameswithdevicemappermultipathdevices, selectVolumelabel. •Ifyoudonotintendtousetheuser_friendly_nameswithdevicemappermultipath devices,selectDeviceID. 3.Completetheinstallationandrebootyourserver. 4.VerifythatthelatestsupportedDevicemappermultipathtoolspackageisinstalled. 5.IfyoumountedtheinstallationpartitionsbyDeviceIDinStep2,ensurethatyousetthe user_friendly_namestonointhe/etc/multipath.conffile. Windows InstallingfromtheMicrosoftCD UsethefollowingprocedurestoinstalltheoperatingsystemusingtheMicrosoftCD. LoadingtheHBAdriverforaMicrosoftWindowsServer2003install Toloadthedriver: 1.InserttheHPESmartSetupCD. 2.FromtheEBSUmenu,selectBootableDVD,andthenpressEnter. 3.SelectLoadOEMBootdriverorpressBtodisplaytheLoadOEMBootDriverwindow. 4.SelecttheFibreChannelHBA,andthenpressEnter. 5.PressTabonce,andthenpressEntertoloadthedriver. Thesystemdisplaysamessageconfirmingthatthedriverisloaded. 6.SelectExitorpressXtoexit. InstallingtheMicrosoftWindowsServer2003operatingsystem ToinstalltheMicrosoftWindowsServer2003operatingsystem: Procedure1 1.WiththeMicrosoftWindowsServer2003CDintheDVDdrive,selectBootableDVD.Press anykeytobootfromtheCDandstarttheinstallationprocess. NOTE:DonotpressF6toloadanymass-storagedevicedrivers. 2.Whentheinstallationcompletes,usethelatestSmartSetupCDtoupdatethesystemdrivers andagents. 3.Tore-installtheHBAdriver,runtheSmartComponentbyselectingDrivers→DriverforFC HBA. ThissetstheHewlettPackardEnterprise-supportedregistryparameters. Emulex,QLogic,andBrocadeHBAs13
NOTE:Forsingle-pathconfigurations,skipStep4. 4.Installmultipathingsoftware. 5.Reboottheservertocompletetheinstallation. 6.CompletetheinstallationandconnectotherHBAs,ifthereareany. InstallingtheMicrosoftWindowsServer2008operatingsystem ToinstalltheMicrosoftWindowsServer2008operatingsystem: 1.WiththeMicrosoftWindowsServer2008CDintheDVDdrive,selectBootableDVD.Press anykeytoboottheCDwhichstartstheinstallationprocess. 2.Whenprompted,clickCustom(Advanced)toinstallacleancopyofWindows. 3.Browsetotheappropriatedriverfolder. 4.Selectthediskonwhichyouwanttoinstalltheoperatingsystem,andthenclickNext. 5.UsethelatestSmartSetupCDtoupdatethesystemdriversandagents. NOTE:Forsingle-pathconfigurationsskipStep4andStep6. 6.Installmultipathingsoftware. 7.Reboottheserver. 8.Formultipathconfigurations,returntotheHBABIOSutilityandcompletetheconfiguration ofthesecondaryandtertiarybootpaths. 9.Rebootthesystem. VMware 1.InserttheESXiinstallerCD/DVDintotheCD/DVD-ROMdriveorinserttheInstallerUSB flashdrive.Restartthemachineandfollowtheonscreenprompts. 2.VMwareVMvisorBootMenuappears.SelectESXiinstallerandpressEnter. 3.VMwareESXiInstallationMenuappears.PressEntertocontinue. 4.AcceptVMwareEULAappears.PressF11toaccept. 5.SelectaDisktoInstallVMwareESXiappears.LocateandselecttheconfiguredinAdapter BIOSandpressEnter. 6.SelecttheappropriatelayoutofthekeyboardandpressEnter. 7.Entertherootpassword,ensurethatpasswordmustmatch.PressEntertocontinue. 8.PressF11toconfirmtheinstallation.Installationiscomplete. 9.RemovetheinstallationmediaandpressEntertoreboot. NOTE:ForspecificESX/ESXi3.x,4.x,and5.xinstallationdocumentation,seehttp:// pubs.vmware.com/. Citrix ForprocedurestoinstallCitrixXenServer,seetheversion-specificCitrixXenServerinstallation guideavailableathttp://support.citrix.com/productdocs/. QlogicEthernetCNAs Linux VerifythattherearemultiplepathstotheLUNsbeforeinstallingaLinuxoperatingsystem. 14Installingtheoperatingsystem
RedHatEnterpriseLinux 1.Anacondaimageupdates. ForRHEL6.3,twooptionsareavailable 1.ForRHEL6.3,FCoEbootfromSANrequiresanupdatedAnacondaimage.Theupdated imageisprovidedbyRedHatatthefollowinglocation:http:// rvykydal.fedorapeople.org/updates.823086-fcoe.img ForRHEL6.3,ontheinstallationsplashscreen,pressTabandinthebootcommand lineadd’ddupdates=’options.Fordetails aboutinstallingAnacondaupdateimage,seeRedHatInstallationGuide Section28.1.3https://access.redhat.com/site/documentation/en-US/ Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html-single/Installation_Guide/ index.html#sn-boot-options-update 2.ForRHEL6.3,ontheinstallationsplashscreenclickTab.Inthebootcommandline addthe'dd'option.WhenaskedforBasicStorageDevices/Specializedstorage devices,selecttheSpecializedStorageDevicesmenuthenswitchAnacondagraphical installertovirtualterminalCLIusing(Ctrl+Alt+F2)andenterthefollowingcommands beforesearchingforFCoEtargets(ReplaceethXwithnameofbootinterfaceport): #ifconfigethXup #fipvlan-c-s-f"-fcoe"ethX SwitchbacktoAnacondainstallerusingCtrl+Alt+F6andproceedtosearchforFCoE targetsusingspecializedstoragedeviceoption. ForRHEL6.4,updatedAnacondaisnotrequired.Ontheinstallationsplashscreen,press Tabandinthebootcommandline,add'dd'optiontobootthecommandline. 2.PressEntertoproceed. 3.Whenamessage‘Doyouhaveadriverdisk’appears,enterYes. 4.Followtheon-screeninstructionstochoosetheDriverUpdatemediumandloadan appropriateDUDdriverkit. NOTE:TheDUDdriverkitcanbefoundasapartofSPPkit. 5.Proceedwithinstallationafterthedriversareloaded. 6.SelectSpecializedStorageDevicesandthenclickNext. 7.ClickAddAdvancedTarget. 8.SelectAddFCoESANandclickAddDrive. 9.SelecteachinterfaceintendedforFCoEboot,clearUseDCB,selectUseautovlan,and clickAddFCoEdisk(s). 10.EnsurethatallFCoE-visibledisksareseenunder‘MultipathDevices’or‘OtherSAN Devices’orboth,asappropriate. 11.Repeatsteps8to10forallinitiatorports. 12.ClickNextandcompletetheinstallation. 13.Thesystemrebootsafterinstallationiscomplete. 14.Afterinstallation,attheRHELinstallerpromptforaninitialreboot,pressCtrl+Alt+F2to enterashell.Edit/mnt/sysimage/boot/grub/menu.lstandplace bnx2x.disable_tpa=1intothedefaultkernelcommand. QlogicEthernetCNAs15
15.Afterbooting,ensurethatallbootpathdevicesaresettostartatboottime. TIP:Tostartallbootdevicesattheboottime,Setonboot=yesundereachnetworkconfig filein/etc/sysconfig/network-script/ NOTE:ForRHEL6.4only,edit/boot/grub/menu.lst. 1.Deleteall“fcoe=:nodcb”parametersfromthe“kernel/ vmlinuz...”line.TheremustbeasmanyFCoE=parametersastherewereFCoE interfacesconfiguredduringinstallation. 2.Insert“fcoe=edd:nodcb”tothe“kernel/vmlinuz...”line. NOTE:ForRHEL6.3andRHEL6.5only,editthekernelcommandline.Next,whenthe systemboots,edit/boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grub.confasfollows: Replacethefcoe=edd:nodcbparametersfromthekernel/vmlinuz...linewithsingle fcoe=:nodcbforthebootinterfacewhichwasconfiguredduringinstallation. OnaccountofaknownlimitationwithRHEL6.3,RHEL6.4,andRHEL6.5,thehostwillonly bootfromthelastinterfacelistedinthekernelcommandline. SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer HPEGen9serverinstallation: FollowtheHPEProLiantGen9–Seriesservers(alsoDL580Gen8server)installationinstructions fromtheLink. Afteryouhavecompletedthesteps,proceedtostep4. 1.BootfromSLES11SP2/SP3installationmediumandpressF6ontheinstallationsplash screenfordriverupdatedisk.SelectYes.Inbootoptions,typewithfcoe=1.Select Installationtoproceed. 2.Followtheon-screeninstructionstochoosetheDriverUpdatemediumandloadan appropriateDUDdriverkit. 3.Afterthedriverisupdated,selectNexttocontinuewiththeinstallation. 4.Whenrequested,clickConfigureFCoEInterfaces. 5.EnsurethatFCoEEnableissettoyesonthe10GbEinitiatorportsthatyouwanttouseas SANbootpaths. 6.ToenableeachinterfaceforFCoEboot,clickChangeSettings,ensurethat: •FCoEEnableandAUTO_VLANaresettoyes •DCBrequiredissettono •clickCreateFCoEVLANInterface TheVLANdialogboxappears. 7.ClickYestoconfirmtriggeringautomaticFIPVLANdiscovery.Ifsuccessful,VLANisdisplayed underFCoEVLANInterface.Ifnotvisible,SANconnectivityandswitchconfigurationmust tobeverified. NOTE:IncaseofSLES11SP3inHPEFlexFabricenvironment,youmightnotseeany VLANwithinterfacename,whichisacceptableforthisenvironment. 8.Whenconfigurationofalltheinterfacesiscompleted,clickOKtoproceed. 9.ClickNexttocontinueinstallation.Toactivatemultipath,YaST2promptappearsanditmust beansweredappropriately.ThepromptappearsonlyifmultiplepathstothesameLUNare configured. 10.Continuewiththeinstallation. 16Installingtheoperatingsystem
11.UndertheExperttabontheInstallationSettingsscreen,selectBooting. 12.SelectBootLoaderInstallationtabandthenselectBootLoaderInstallationDetails. Ensuretohaveonebootloaderentryanddeleteallredundantentries. 13.ClickOKandcompletetheinstallation. Windows MicrosoftWindowsServer2008/2008R2,2012/2012R2 MicrosoftWindowsServer2008/2008R2,2012/2012R2BootfromSANinstallationrequiresthe useofslipstreamDVDorISOimage,introducingthelatestQlogicEthernetdrivers. TocreaterequiredMicrosoftWindowsServer2008/2008R2,2012/2012R2imageISOorDVD, refertoAppendixA“Injecting(Slipstreaming)HPEQLogicEthernet10/20GbECNAMultifunction DriversintoMicrosoftWindowsServer2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2ImageFiles”(page20) 1.InsertthenewlycreatedDVDorISOforinstallingtheapplicableMicrosoftWindowsserver 2008/2008R2,2012/2012R2version. 2.AfterinstallingtheOS,applythelatestServicePackforProLiant(SPP)forupdatingthe systemdriversandagents. 3.Installappropriatemultipathingsoftware. 4.Reboottheserver. 5.Toconfiguremultipath,startHBABIOSutilityandcompletetheconfigurationofthesecondary andtertiarybootpaths. 6.Rebootthesystem. VMware NOTE:BootfromSANissupportedonESXi5.1U1,ESXi5.5,orlater. FcoEBootfromSANrequiresthelatestHewlettPackardEnterprisecustominstallimagefor ESXi5.1U1orESXi5.5whichincludesQlogicEthernetFCoEdrivers. 1.BootfromtheupdatedESXiinstallationimageandselectESXiinstallerwhenprompted. 2.Followtheinstructionsonthescreentocontinuetheinstallationprocess. 3.Rebootthesystem. VMwareBestPractices •FollowHewlettPackardEnterpriserecommendationfromthespecificserverbootingfrom aSAN. •Enableandconfiguretheadaptercorrectly,toallowittoaccessthebootLUN. •EachhostmusthaveaccesstoitsownbootLUNonlyandnotothers.Usestoragesystem softwaretoensurethehostaccessesonlyitsdesignatedLUNs. •MultipathingtoabootLUNonactive-passivearraysisnotsupportedbecausemultipathing isnotsupportedbyBIOSandisunabletoactivateastandbypath. •SANconnectionsmustbemadethroughaswitchedtopologyifthearrayisnotcertifiedfor directconnecttopology.Ifanarrayiscertifiedfordirectconnecttopology,SANconnections canbemadedirectlytothearray. NOTE:BootfromSANissupportedforbothswitchedtopologyanddirectconnecttopology ifthesetopologiesarecertifiedforthespecificarray. •SeespecificESX/ESXi3.x,4.x,and5.xinstallationdocumentationathttp:// pubs.vmware.com/. VMwareBestPractices17
5Supportandotherresources AccessingHewlettPackardEnterpriseSupport •Forliveassistance,gototheContactHewlettPackardEnterpriseWorldwidewebsite: www.hpe.com/assistance •Toaccessdocumentationandsupportservices,gototheHewlettPackardEnterpriseSupport Centerwebsite: www.hpe.com/support/hpesc Informationtocollect •Technicalsupportregistrationnumber(ifapplicable) •Productname,modelorversion,andserialnumber •Operatingsystemnameandversion •Firmwareversion •Errormessages •Product-specificreportsandlogs •Add-onproductsorcomponents •Third-partyproductsorcomponents Accessingupdates •Somesoftwareproductsprovideamechanismforaccessingsoftwareupdatesthroughthe productinterface.Reviewyourproductdocumentationtoidentifytherecommendedsoftware updatemethod. •Todownloadproductupdates,gotoeitherofthefollowing: HewlettPackardEnterpriseSupportCenterGetconnectedwithupdatespage: www.hpe.com/support/e-updates ◦ ◦SoftwareDepotwebsite: www.hpe.com/support/softwaredepot •Toviewandupdateyourentitlements,andtolinkyourcontractsandwarrantieswithyour profile,gototheHewlettPackardEnterpriseSupportCenterMoreInformationonAccess toSupportMaterialspage: www.hpe.com/support/AccessToSupportMaterials IMPORTANT:Accesstosomeupdatesmightrequireproductentitlementwhenaccessed throughtheHewlettPackardEnterpriseSupportCenter.YoumusthaveanHPPassport setupwithrelevantentitlements. 18Supportandotherresources
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AInjecting(Slipstreaming)HPEQLogicEthernet10/20 GbECNAMultifunctionDriversintoMicrosoftWindows Server2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2ImageFiles ToobtainthecorrectversionofHPEQLogicEthernet10/20GbECNAMultifunctionWindows driver,refertothelatestdriverpackagefromthereleaseCDorsearchforyouradapteron HPE.comandselectthepackagefortheappropriateoperatingsystemversion. ToinjectthedriversintotheWindowsimagefile: 1.CreateaworkingdirectoryonthelocalmachinethatyouwillbeusingtobuildtheWindows Slipstreamisofile. 2.Extractdriverpackagetotheworkingdirectory.Refertothesection“ExtractingDriver Packages”(page20)fordetails. 3.Copytheslipstream.txt(InAdobeReaderorAcrobat,selectView→Show/Hide→ NavigationPanes→Attachments)fileintotheworkingdirectory. 4.Renametheslipstream.txtfiletoslipstream.bat. 5.DownloadtheWindowsAssessmentandDeploymentKit(ADK)v8.1fromhttp:// www.microsoft.com/en-in/download/details.aspx?id=39982. 6.InstalltheWindowsADKonasupportedcomputer. ItisrecommendedtousethedefaultinstallationfolderforinstallingtheADK. 7.Openacommandprompt(withadministratorprivileges)andnavigatetothefoldercontaining thescriptfileslipstream.bat. 8.Executethescriptfilewiththefollowingcommand:nlslipstream.bat where pointstotherootdrivewheretheOSinstallationmediais available/mounted. pointstothesub-folder(undertheextractedfolderinstep1)containingtheplatform specificdrivers. NOTE:OSinstallationmediaisexpectedtobeavailableasalocaldrive.Networkpaths forOSinstallationmediaarenotsupported. ForExample:slipstream.batH“C:\Temp” NOTE:ThescriptinjectsthedrivercomponentsinalltheSKUsthataresupportedbythe OSinstallationmedia. 9.Afterthescriptcompletesexecution,the.isofileisgeneratedandlocatedinthecurrent folder(fromwherethescriptwasexecuted). 10.Burnthe.isofiletoaDVDusinganyDVD-creationsoftware. 11.InstalltheapplicableWindowsServerOSversionusingthenewDVDor.isocreated. ExtractingDriverPackages 1.Double-clickontheHPESPPcontainingtherelevantdrivers. 2.ClickontheExtractbutton. 20Injecting(Slipstreaming)HPEQLogicEthernet10/20GbECNAMultifunctionDriversintoMicrosoftWindowsServer2008/2008R2/2012/2012R2ImageFiles