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Configuring SAN Boot
You can configure SAN Boot in the QLogic BIOS.
To configure SAN Boot, perform the following steps:
- When the following screen is displayed, press F11 to enter the Front Page screen.Figure 4-110 Pressing F11 to go to Front Page
- On the Front Page screen, select Device Manager and press Enter.Figure 4-111 Selecting Device Manager
- On the Device Manager screen, select Network Device List and press Enter.Figure 4-112 Selecting Network Device List
- Select a port and press Enter. On the displayed screen, press Enter again to confirm the selection.Figure 4-113 Selecting a portFigure 4-114 Confirming the selection
- On the Main Configuration Page screen, select Device Hardware Configuration and press Enter. On the Device Hardware Configuration screen, set UEFI Boot Mode to FCoE.Figure 4-115 Selecting Device Hardware ConfigurationFigure 4-116 Setting the boot mode to FCoE
- Press Esc to return to the Main Configuration Page screen, select FCoE Boot Configuration Menu and then FCoE General Parameters. On the displayed screen, set Boot to FCoE Target to Enabled.Figure 4-117 Enabling FCoE SAN Boot
- Return to the FCoE Boot Configuration Menu screen and select FCoE Target Parameters.
Set Connect X (such as Connect 1) to Enabled and set WWPNs and boot LUNs. WWPNs 1 to 6 can be set through automatically scanning storage ports or manually selecting online storage ports. The plus sign (+) indicates that the port is online. The minus sign (-) indicates that the port is offline. To set WWPN 7 and WWPN 8, manually enter WWPNs.
Figure 4-118 Selecting an online WWPNFigure 4-119 Setting the WWPN and LUN of the boot deviceIf more than one boot item (Connect) is configured, the system preferentially boots from the one with a larger Connect number. For example, if Connect 1 and Connect 2 are both configured, the system boots preferentially boots from Connect 2.
- Press Esc repeatedly until the Front Page screen is displayed.
- Restart the compute node for the configuration to take effect.
