Configuring SAN Boot

In Legacy mode, the SAN boot function can be configured in either of the following ways:

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• Configuring SAN Boot on the MZ520 BIOS

  The following describes how to configure SAN boot in Legacy mode for the MZ520. Before the operation, change the boot mode of the compute node to Legacy. For details, see the BIOS Parameter Reference of the compute node.

To configure SAN Boot, perform the following steps:

1. Start the MZ520, and press Ctrl+S to enter the QLogic BIOS when the message shown in Figure 4-29 is displayed.
   Figure 4-29 Entering the QLogic BIOS
   

2. Select a port.
   Figure 4-30 Selecting a port for SAN Boot
   

3. Choose MBA Configuration and set Boot Protocol to FCoE.
   Figure 4-31 Setting the boot protocol to FCoE
   

4. Choose FCoE Boot Configuration > General Parameters. On the displayed screen shown in Figure 3 Enabling FCoE SAN Boot, set Boot to FCoE Target to Enabled.
   Figure 4-32 Enabling FCoE SAN Boot
   

5. Choose FCoE Boot Configuration > Target Information.
6. The boot device setting screen is displayed.
   Figure 4-33 Boot device setting screen
   

   Set Connect to Enabled, enter the WWPN of the remote storage port, and set Boot LUN.

   Figure 4-34 Setting the boot device WWPN and LUN
   

7. Press Esc. On the displayed Exit Configuration screen, select Exit and Save Configurations and press Enter.
   Figure 4-35 Saving SAN Boot configurations
   

8. Manually restart the server for the configurations to take effect.
   Figure 4-36 Prompt for restart
   

• Configuring SAN Boot on the HMM WebUI

  The following describes how to configure MZ520 SAN boot in Legacy mode when stateless computing is enabled.

To configure SAN Boot, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the MM910 WebUI. For details, see "Logging In to the MM910 WebUI" in MM910 Management Module V100R001 User Guide.
2. Choose Stateless Computing > Stateless Computing Management > Profile, and click Add.

   The Add dialog box is displayed.

3. Enter the profile name, select Common, and click OK.
   Figure 4-37 shows an example.

   Figure 4-37 Creating a profile
   

4. In the Server BIOS Configuration area, choose Boot, select Boot type and set it to Legacy.
   Figure 4-38 Setting boot type
   

   The HMM WebUI supports settings of boot type parameters from version (U54) 5.85. If the software version is earlier than (U54) 5.85, you need to set the boot type on the BIOS. For details, see the BIOS Parameter Reference of the compute node you use.

5. Set the NIC slot status to On and select MZ520 from NIC Type, as shown in Figure 4-39.
   Figure 4-39 NIC configuration
   

6. Click and select the port to be set with SAN Boot.

   The following uses Port 0 as an example. Set the parameters as follows:

   • Select FCoE for Boot protocol.
   • Set FCoE boot to target to Enable.
   • Set Destination WWPN to the WWPN of the target storage port.
   • Set Destination LUN ID to the ID of the boot LUN.
   Figure 4-40 shows a configuration example.

   Figure 4-40 MEZZ1 configuration
   

7. Click Save.
8. Apply the profile.
   1. Click None in Associated Slots, select the slot to which the profile is to be delivered, and click OK.
   2. Click to deliver the profile.

      If the status changes to Delivered, the operation is successful.