HP B-Series Remote Replication Solutions White Paper
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1. Press ESC to exit the ORCA HP SCO8Ge SAS HBA configuration To contigure the HP SCO8Ge SAS HBA as the boot controller complete the following steps 1 While the system is booting press F9 to start the ROM Based BIOS Setup Utility 2 Select Boot Controller Order a Select the SCSI Mass Storage Controller configured to provide the boot device and move it to Controller Order 1 b Incase of multiple HBAs set to the next higher Controller Order 3 Press Escape and then press F10 to save your configuration and exit the utility For more information on configuring the HP SCO8Ge SAS HBA refer to http h71028 www 7 hp com ERC downloads 4AA2 1683ENW pdf HP ProLiant Gigabit Ethernet Multifunction server adapter configuration Upgrade to the latest iSCSI Boot Option ROM image using e HP NCSeries Broadcom Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Linux CPOOxxxx scexe To download and use the HP NC Series Broadcom Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Linux CPOOxxxx scexe complete the following steps Go to the HP website at http www hp com 2 Click Software amp Driver Downloads 3 Enter the product name for example NC373i in the product box and begin the search 4 Select an operating system 5 Click HP NC Series Broadcom Online Firmware Upgrade Utility 6 Click Download and save the CPOOxxxx scexe and CPOOxxxx txt file to a directory on your hard drive The SCEXE Smart Component Executable components are self ex2. IP 1FO amp 00 PCLT Bus 06 FCI Device 01 DID 1D0500 WWPN 50001FE1 00153533 LUN 03 HP LUN 04 HP DID 1POS00 WWEN 50001FE1 00153539 l Boot this device via WWEN Boot this device via DID Esee gt to Previous Men Enter a Selection 1 Enter a BSW Boot number via WWPN BED Boot number wia DID Enter tx gt to Exit lt Esc gt to Previous Menu Figure 21 13 From the Saved device list menu contigure the alternate paths for boot devices by selecting the unused entries and repeating steps 9 to 12 14 From Emulex Adapters menu contigure the other HBAs by repeating steps 2 to 13 15 Exit from the BIOS menu and reboot the server Note Refer to the HP StorageWorks Booting Itanium Linux systems from a storage area network application notes for the procedure to configure the Emulex HBA ROM on Integrity server 13 HP Smart Array P700m Controller ORCA Contiguration To contigure the boot device for high availability on HP ProLiant servers complete the following steps 1 While the server is booting press F8 when the HP Smart Array P700m controller is discovered to go to Option Rom Configuration for Arrays ORCA 2 At the Main Menu of the ORCA utility select Select Boot Volume and press Enter Figure 22 3 At Boot Volume Enclosure M Copyright 2486 Hewlett Packard Developnent Comp Control ler HP Smart Array Pran slot z r 1 PAP rj sharei sHs Storage HIE GE d GEM AH enu select External
3. Yes gt Yes d Select the DM devices to create installation partitions PPE Expert Partitioner SUSE Linux Enterprise System View Hard Disks a m RT Eh j l m a yard Disks i be fdew mapper 36 dev mapper 36 Device Size F idevirniapper 3 amp oocoonnmocoosoooonnoomnonexx 5 00 GB 26 xxx 10 00 GB j 5 00 GB Preparation Welcome System Analysis 10 00 GB Aseas Time Zone Installation Server Scenario gt Installation Summary Perform Installation Configuration Check Installation iii Hostname Network Customer Center Online Update Configuration at niU EET Figure 44 e For SLES10 operating systems select SAN devices for installation partitions 4 While creating the installation partitions select either of the following options e If you intend to use the user_friendly_names with device mapper multipath devices select by label fstab option e f you do not intend to use the user_friendly_names with device mapper multipath devices select by device id fstab option First choose the type of Create a Primary Partition on dev sda the partition and whether this partition should be formatted ee Size Cylinder size 7 84 M Start cylinder Mount in etc fstab By Normally 4 Fstab options user_friendly_names should be set 523 in etc
4. for HP ProLiant Gigabit Ethernet Multifunction server adapter in your server complete the following steps 1 While the system is booting press F9 to start the BIOS Setup Utility 2 Select System Options ROM Based Setup Utility Version 2 18 Copyright 1982 2667 Hewlett Packard De Figure 1 a Select Embedded NICs ROM Based Setup Utility Version 2 16 Copyright 1982 2807 Hewlett Packard Dey Embedded Serial Port Virtual Serial Port Integrated Diskette Controller NUMLOCK Power On State Embedded NICs write Control Advanced Memory Protection USB Control USB 2 8 Controller Power Regulator for ProLiant Figure 2 b Select the NIC to which the boot option is to be set and press Enter twice ROM Based Setup Utility Version 2 18 Copyright 1982 2007 Hewlett Packard De Diskette Write Control Diskette Boot Control Figure 3 c Select iSCSI Boot and press Enter Figure 4 d iSCSI Boot must be displayed as the boot option for the NIC you selected Diskette Write Control Diskette Boot Control Advanced Memory Protection USB Control USB 2 6 Controller Power Regulator for ProLiant Figure 5 3 Press Escape and then press F10 to save your configuration and exit the utility Configuring HBA NIC ROM This section details the steps to configure the Host Bus Adapter to boot trom SAN Qlogic HBA ROM configuration Emulex HBA ROM configuration HP Smart Array P700m Controller ORCA co
5. fstab by the device name This identification can be changed Mount in etc fstab b so the file system to mount is found Device name by searching for a UUID ora volume label Not all file systems can be mounted by UUID ora 2 UUID volume label If an option is Volume Label disabled itis not possible f Volume Label The name entered Mount Point in this field is used as the volume M fi label This normally only makes _ Mount read only sense when you activate the option _ No accesstime for mounting by volume label A N Mountable by user volume label cannot contain the Do Not Mount at System Start up character or spaces 23 End 9 or 9M or 3 2GB E C Device Path tuser_friendly_names can be set to z Fstab Options ves in ete multipath conf file 3 Cancel Mount Read Only No writable access to the file system is possible Default is false ordered al Data Journaling Mode No access time Access times are X Access Control Lists ACL not updated when a file is read a Default is false X Extended User Attributes Mountable by User The file system may be mounted by an ordinary pe user Default is false Arbitrary option value Not Mounted at System Start up The file system is not automatically manunta whan the evetarn etare An Figure 45 a lv Cenci 5 Complete the installation an
6. 1 netsetup 1 to the kernel boot line for SLES TOSP2 22 CUSE Lin x Enterprise Server N SUSE Linux Enterprise Server sai sem Figure 35 b Provide the parameters withiscsi 1 to the kernel boot line for SLES1 1 CPE SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Boot from Hard Disk Repair Installed System Rescue System Check Installation Media Firmware Test Memory Test Boot Options withiscsi 1 Help F2 Language F3 Video Mode F4 Source Kernel F6 Driver English US 1024 x 768 DVD Default No Figure 36 2 To add the iSCSI devices for installation complete the following step else go to a Select the currently used network device NIC 23 gt gt gt Linuxrc vZ 8 79 Kernel 2 6 16 60 0 21 default lt lt lt et hi ethernet network ca ra gt Figure 37 b Configure the IP information gt gt gt Linuxre uZ 8 79 Kernel 2 6 16 60 6 21 default lt lt lt Figure 38 c Ensure that the Initiator Name is correct Preparation iSCSI Initiator Overview vV Language vV License Agreement Disk Activation System Analysis Time Zone i Gervice X Connected Targets Installation Installation Summary Perform Installation Configuration Root Password Hostname Network Customer Center Online Update Service Users Clean Up Release Notes Hardware Configuration Initiator Name Figure 39 d Setting up the target IP e For SLES10 operating sy
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8. Enable or Disable BIOS Change Default ALPA Of This Adapter Change PLUGI Retry Timer Advanced Uption Topology Selection Advanced Option Enable or Disable Spinup Delay Advanced Uption Auto Scan Setting Advanced Option Enable or Disable EDD 3 6 Adyvanced Option Enable or Disable Start Unit Command Advanced Uption Enable or Disable Environment Variable Advanced Uption Enable or Disable Auto Boot Sector Advanced Uption Link Speed Selection Adyvanced Uption w D O 0O sN Oo oO eS ON m Enter a Selection 1 Enter lt x gt to Exit lt Esc gt to Previous Menu Figure 16 5 From the Configure Adapter s Parameters screen select option 4 Topology Selection Advanced Option 6 From the Topology Selection menu select option 4 Fabric Point to Point Press Esc twice 7 From the HBA configuration menu select option 1 Configure Boot Devices 8 In the Saved Boot Devices list select 1 as the primary boot path List of Saved Boot Devices on oO Oo eS GW Ne Unused Unused Unused Unused Unused Unused Unused Unused DID DID DID DID DID DID DID DID lalalalala dalalalalala di 2 41414 Ai a 41414 ti a 41414 4 214 214 Bi 2 41414 4 2 4 4 214 WHPN WHPN WHPN WHHPN WHHPN WHPN WHPN WHHPN select a Boot Entry _ Figure 17 lalalalalalala lalalalalalala lalalalalalala lalalalalala lalalalalalala lalalalal
9. NTERPRISE LINUX 5 reasonable to use this To use iSCSI disks you must provide the address of your iSCSI target and the iSCSI initiator name you ve configured for your host mreta SSS ISCSI Initiator Name 234 6 asid 19 23466gh She Installatior Configure ISCSI Parameters By defaul Remove ost _ Review and modify partitioning layout _ Release Notes Back Figure 31 e Repeat step a to d to add more iSCSI targets 4 While creating partitions during the installation process you will see multipath devices dev mapper mpath Create the installation partitions using multipath devices Multipathing feature will be enabled for all the operating system partitions created on multipath device during installation 20 RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 Drive dev mapperimpatho 3067 MB Model COMPAQ HSV1L1 C COMPAQ If Free J072 Me Device Type Format Start End Hard Drives idevimapper mpathd Free he Fre space a 1 3oz Idev mappermpath Fron Frisa onare 073 1 307 Hide RAID device LVM Volume Group members Reicase Nates Pe Ros Secured 128 Bil Figure 32 5 Ensure that iscsi initiator utils and device mapper multipath packages are selected in the package list RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 Desktop Environments Z Administration Tools Applications u Base Development Z Dialup Networ
10. ala lalalalalalala lalalalalalala lalalalalalala lalalalalalala lalalalalalala lalalalalala alalalalalalals lalalalalalala lalalalalalala lalalalalalala 44 Primary Boot 9 At the Select Two Digit Number of the Desired Boot Device prompt enter the index of the desired controller port S TD TFOAOGO PCL Bus 106 POL Device 01 Clear selected boot entryi DID LPO400 UWP SOOOLFEL OO1SS538 DIP LDesSoO0 WP SOOoLFEL 0015 PID LOTTO WWPN SoOO0LFEL goLSs83c DIPS LDO60O WW SOOOLFEL OOL5S353D Select The Two Digit Wumberscof The Desired Boot Device Oe Exit Esc to Previous Meriti Figure 18 10 Enter the LUN ID of the starting LUN at the prompt The devices are scanned starting from the entered LUN ID Adapter l S amp S ID 1FOA00 PEI Bus 06 FCI Device 01 OO Clear selected boot entry 01l DID 1D0400 WWPH 50001FE1 Of DID 1D0500 WPH 50001FE1 DID 1DO700 WWPH SOO001FEL DID 1DO0600 WWPH SOO001FEL re ot eA pi Ap ed p Se Se ee fei an E fel S on Two Digit Number of The Desired Boot Device d2 Exit lt Esc 2 to Previous Menu PaqeDn gt 11 At the prompt enter the index of the Boot device from the list Adapter 0l amp S ID 1FOA00 PCI Bus 06 PCI Device 01 DID 1IDOSOO WWPN SOOOLFEL 00153539 LUM 03 LUN 04 Enter a Selection Of _ EW Boot number vie WWPN BHD Boot number via Enter n to Hit lt Esc gt to Previous Menu Adapter l S
11. and press Enter Vl panu L P a i VYolune Enclosure Externa Figure 23 4 At External Boot Volume Menu select the controller port WWID for the boot path 14 Copyright ZAAG Hewlett Packard Development Company L P Controller HP Snart Array P7Bn slot 2 Shared SAS Storage External Hoot Volume Henu WHID S ACBFFDS321C204 2S HHID SAACBFFD5S321CH88 MSAU lesa HHID SHACHFFDSI2Z1028H ENTER gt to select UP DOMN ARROWS to scroll lt ESC gt to return to the Previous Menu Figure 24 5 At Menu Select Boot Volume select the Lun to be configured as Boot partition Apyright 2 evlett Packard Developnent Conpany L P Control ler HP Snart Array P AHn slot 2 Shared SAS Storage He mu Selec t Boot Vo lune Tun B2 SH GOBCAFFAGADSSDAC it A498 1BBAG88 lt ENTER gt to select lt UP DOWN ARROW gt to scroll lt ESC gt to return to Previous Henu Figure 25 6 Press F8 to save as Boot Volume Copyright 2666 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P Controller HP Smart Array Pronn slot 2 shared SAS Storage Lun l SH 6GHBCHFFRRBDSSDECE4D4HE4948 1BRRBRE Press lt FH gt to save as boot volume Press lt ESC gt to cancel Press lt F gt to save as boot volune Press lt ESC gt to cancel Figure 26 Press Enter to contigure alternate paths to boot device else go to Step 9 At the External Boot Volume Menu select the other controller port WWID by repeating steps 4 to 6 9
12. boot its operating system from SAN The HBA ROM provides this functionality Once HBAs are contigured to boot from the disk device on the SAN the server boots as if it were a local disk More than one HBA can be configured for the redundant boot path for the High Availability of the Boot device The Failover feature during boot time is provided by the HBA ROM configuration Note Device Mapper Multipathing features are available atter the kernel loads the multipathing modules from the initial RAM disk image Contiguring the HBA NIC ROM for High Availability of Boot device To set up your Linux server to boot from a SAN device complete the following steps Setting up the storage arrays 1 Create two Logical units for Boot and Root devices 2 Present the Logical units to the Linux server Note For more information on configuring the Logical units refer to the HP StorageWorks array User Guide Setting up the host systems To configure the host boot order for HP ProLiant servers with Multifunctional Gigabit Ethernet Server Adapter complete the following steps 1 While the system is booting press F9 to start the BIOS Setup Utility 2 Select Boot Controller Order 1 Select the HBA configured to provide the boot device and move it to Controller Order 1 2 In case of multiple HBAs set to the higher Controller Order 3 Press Escape and press F10 to save your configuration and exit the utility To enable the iSCSI boot option ROM
13. client ISC DHCP client d dhcpv6 client 1 0 10 4 e15 x86_ 64 DHCPv6 client E E Release Note Figure 34 dmrald 1 0 0 rc13 9 e15 x86_64 dmraid Device mapper RAID tool and lif gt Ni 6 Complete the installation and reboot the server Note e Ifthe installation partitions are on a XP array comment the following line in defaults section in the etc multipath conf file prio_callout bin true e Ifthe installation partitions are on a MSA2xxxsa array comment the following line in device section of the MSA2xxxsa array in the etc multipath cont file getuid_callout sbin hp_scsi_id g u n s block n Recommended configuration on SLES operating system e t is recommended to have a single path to the logical units while installing SLES10 operating systems and multiple paths to the logical units while installing SLES11 systems e It is also recommended to mount the installation partitions using by label fstab option e If you are choosing to mount the installation partitions by device id ensure that you set the user_friendly_names to no in etc multipath cont file to avoid boot failures after rebuilding the initrd image Note For iSCSI SAN devices in SLES1OSP2 use only by id fstab option to mount the installation partitions 1 Start the installation of the operating system For iSCSI SAN boot complete the following step else go to Step 3 a Provide the parameters withiscsi
14. d reboot 6 Ensure that the latest supported Device mapper multipath tools package is installed If you have chosen to mount the installation partitions by device id ensure that you set the user_triendly_names to no in etc multipath conf file 8 For boot volumes mounted using by id fstab options configured on Smart Array Controllers perform the following steps else go to Step 9 N 2 e Modify root dev disk by id cciss 3xxxxXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX to root dev disk by id scsi 3XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX in boot grub menu Ist e Modify dev disk by id cciss 3xxxxxXxXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX to dev disk by id scsi 3XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX in etc fstab 9 Enable multipath services to start at boot time by running the following commands foo chkcontig boot multipath on foo chkcontig multipathd on 10 Add device mapper multipath kernel module to initrd image by completing the following steps a Edit the file etc syscontig kernel and add dm multipath to INITRD_MODULES b Create a new initrd image which include device mapper kernel modules foo mkinitrd k lt kernal gt i lt initrd gt c Edit the value for default parameter in boot grub menu Ist file to boot with the new initrd image 11 Reboot the server 28 Additional Information For detailed information about HBAs switches storage arrays and storage software go to the following websites Table 1 HBAs and switches http h18006 www1 hp com stora
15. eeeens 22 Additional Information c ccccccccececcecceceecuceuccecaecuccucsecaecuccucsecaeeuseecsesaseuceecsesaceuceesuesuseuceesascuseuseneas 29 Document Overview This white paper helps you understand the concepts and configuration of boot from SAN and enabling multipath features for the Root partition on SAN in deployments using Device Mapper multi path It includes recommendations for implementing and configuring operating system installation partitions to enable the Device Mapper multipath feature on your Linux server Intended Audience This document is intended for users who would be implementing the high availability features of Bootfrom SAN and Root partition for the Linux operating system with Device Mapper multipath Assumptions This document assumes that the user is familiar with the following e HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters HBAs for Linux servers e HP SAS Host Bus Adapters e HP Smart Array Controllers e HP StorageWorks Disk arrays e Device Mapper multipath solution e HP Proliant servers e HP ProLiant Gigabit Ethernet Multifunction server adapter Introduction Traditionally servers were contigured to install the operating system on internal direct attached storage device local disk With advances in storage technologies and the need for storage and server consolidation there is a need to enable booting from the Storage Area Network SAN and providing high availability features for the operating syst
16. em The high availability feature for the Boot device on SAN during the boot process is provided by configuring the HBA BIOS with redundant boot paths Many vendors refer to this feature as Boot from SAN BFS For more information see Contiguring Boot from SAN Linux operating system vendors have incorporated the multipathing feature for the operating system installation partitions For more information see Installing the operating system Supported Contiguration Device Mapper Multipath supports Bootfrom SAN operations on ProLiant and HP Integrity servers This functionality is specifically HBA BIOS centric For BFS supported HP StorageWorks disk arrays and HBAs see Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge SPOCK at http www hp com storage spock You must sign up for a HP Passport to enable access High availability on installation partitions is supported by the following operating systems e Red Hat distribution RHEL 5 Update 2 and above e Novell distribution SLES 10 SP2 and above SLES 11 and above Note It is recommend to have separate devices for the boot and root partitions Enabling multipath features for the Installation partitions on SAN with HP Smart Array p700m controller is supported only on SLES 10 SP2 SLES 11 operating system and above Refer to the product release documents for latest updates Contiguring boot trom SAN Boot from SAN has become a de facto description for the capability of having a server
17. ent will present to the Target and local IP settings No DNS or DHCP support InitiatorName ign 1 234 98 com asfd 19 23456ghg12 name InitiatorlP 12 234 34 543 InitiatorNetmask 255 255 255 0 InitiatorRoute 12 234 34 1 Locally Admin Address MAC address and VLAN Enabled Disabled LAA 000000000000 VLAN Disabled LUN Mapping LUN 1 Make this persistent BIOS int 13 IPL routine Replaces Embedded HD C if present ForceBoot True Digest CheckSum data or Headers Must match target setting DataDigest False HeaderDigest False Account Login information The AuthMethod values are None CHAP and TwoWay MutualCHAP AuthMethod None CHAPUsername iqn 199 1 05 com microsoft comfort txn cpqcorp net CHAPSecret Some 1 2day123 CHAPMSecret BetterThanThat 2 Write the boot path to the target server The boot path configuration file may be written to the target server with the ev DOS utility or written using the ibootctg utility a To write the boot path using the ev DOS utility boot to DOS and change directories to the ev DOS utility The ev DOS utility is packaged with the HP iSCSI boot feature b Execute the following on the server with the option ROM ev c lt evinput txt For more information on configuring the HP ProLiant Gigabit Ethernet Multifunction server adapter see the HP ProLiant iSCSI Boot for Linux User Guide Installing the operating systems Root partition on SAN has become
18. es You must sign up for a HP Passport to enable access Emulex HBA ROM configuration To contigure the boot device for high availability on HP ProLiant servers complete the following steps 1 While the server is booting press Alt E when the following message appears Press lt Alt E gt To Go To Emulex BIOS Utility 2 The Emulex BIOS utility displays Emulex Adapters in the system At the Enter a Selection prompt select the HBA index number Emulex Light Pulse BIOS Utility ZB1 71a Copyright c 1997 2646 Emulex All rights reserved Emulex Adapters in the Systen 1 ABBHSA PCI Bus 46 Device 66 Function 60 2 ABBHSA PCI Bus 46 Device 466 Function 1 Enter a Selection Enter lt x gt to Exit Figure 14 3 From the HBA configuration menu screen select option 2 Contigure This Adapter s Parameters Port Name 166884404 C964621E Node Name 266688HH C964621E Topology Auto Topology Loop First Default The BIOS of this Adapter is Disable Configure Boot Devices Configure This Adapter s Parameters Enter a Selection nter lt x gt to Exit lt d gt to Default Values lt Esc gt to Previous Men Figure 15 4 From Configure Adapter s Parameters screen select option 1 Enable or Disable BIOS Press 1 to enable the BIOS press Esc to return to the main menu irmware Version Node Name Z B B C964621E Topology Auto Topology Loop First Default The BIOS of this Adapter is Disable
19. ge sanintrastructure html Storage array http 7h18006 www 1 hp com storage arraysystems html systems Device Mapper http www hp com go devicema Multipath software Integrity servers htt www hp com products servers integrit To make comments and suggestions about this document please send a message to multipathteedback hp com Copyright 2009 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P The information contained herein is subject to change without notice The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein Linux is a U S registered trademark of Linus Torvalds Microsoft and Windows are U S registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation UNIX is a registered trademark of The Open Group 5697 0067 July 2009 invent
20. king Support Servers Java Base System A Ol l anar Caftursre Cunnart Packages In Base Some packages associated with this group are not required to be installed but may provide additional functionality Please choose the packages which you would like to have installed Languages his group inclu boxes for exam iptstate 1 4 1 1 2 2 x86_64 A top like display of IP Tables state table en Irda utlls 0 9 17 2 fc6 x86_64 Utilities for infrared communication betwe Irqbalance 2 0 55 10 e15 x86_64 IRQ balancing daemon iscsi initiator utils 6 2 0 868 0 7 ec15 x86 64 iS _ Release Notes Figure 33 2 Desktop Environments Y Administration Tools Development amp Dialup Networking Support Servers Java X Base System E Legacy Software Support Langua Packages In Base Some packages associated with this group are not LI required to be installed but may provide additional 1 functionality Please choose the packages which you would like to have installed This boxe cpuspeed 1 1 2 1 3 e15 x86_64 CPU frequency adjusting daemon E crash 4 0 5 0 3 x86_64 crash utility for live systems netdump diskdump E cryptsetup luks 1 0 3 2 2 e15 x86_64 A utility for setting up encrypted fi aevice mapper muttipath 0 4 7 17 e15 x86_ 64 Tools to manage muit E dhclient 12 3 0 5 13 e15 x86_64 Provides the dh
21. lect the controller Port Name of the array and press Enter Iaz COMPAQ HSV1l11 iC COMPA Q4007 SOOO1LFELSOOZER4D e DO400 oe Figure 11 10 From Select LUN menu select the device to boot from and press Enter 1 Supported Figure 12 Note LUN index in the previous figure corresponds to the Lun ID of the boot device presented to the host 11 From the Selectable Boot Settings menu to configure the secondary boot paths select Boot Port Name Lun Repeat Step 8 and Step 9 for all the other controller ports of the array Enabled Port Wame Lun SOOO0LFELSOOZERSS oot Port Name Lun SOOO0LFELSOOZER4SS Boot Port Wame Lun SOOUOLFELSOOZERALC Boot Port Wame Lun SOOUOLFELSOOZERSAL Boot Port Wame Lun Boot Port Wame Lun Boot Port Wame Lun Boot Port Wame Lun C toa clear a Boot Port Mame entry Figure 13 12 Save the changes by pressing ESC twice and then select Save Changes This saves the configuration changes to selected HBA 13 From the Fast UTIL Options menu choose Select Host Adaptor option and press Enter Select the other HBAs Figure 6 and repeat the steps 2 to 12 to configure the HBA for booting the server Note Refer to the Booting Itanium Linux systems from a storage area network application notes for the procedure to configure the HBA ROM on an Itanium server You can locate this guide in the SPOCK website hitp www hp com storage spock under Boot Guide Application Not
22. ntiguration HP SCO8Ge SAS HBA configuration HP ProLiant Gigabit Ethernet Multifunction server adapter configuration Qlogic HBA ROM configuration To contigure the boot device for high availability on HP ProLiant servers complete the following steps 1 While the server is booting press Ctrl Q to enter Fast UTIL 2 From the Select Host Adapter menu select the HBA you want to boot and press Enter QLogic Fast UTIL elect Host Adapter dapter Type I 0 Address Slot Bus Device Function PAE312A 5688 02 43 B 8 HPAES12A 0466 02 43 BB 1 Figure 6 3 Erom the Fast UTIL Options menu select Configuration Settings and press Enter elected Adapter Adapter Type I 0 Address Slot Bus Device Function onf iguration Settings Scan Fibre Devices Fibre Disk Utility Loopback Data Test Select Host Adapter Exit Fast UTIL 4 From the Configuration Settings menu select Adapter Settings and press Enter Adapter Settings Figure 8 5 From the Adapter Settings menu change Host Adapter BIOS to Enabled by pressing Enter Figure 9 D Press ESC to go back to the Configuration Settings menu Figure 8 Select Selectable Boot Settings and then press Enter 8 From the Selectable Boot Settings menu enable the Selectable Boot option by pressing Enter move the cursor to Primary Boot Port Name LUN and press Enter QLAZSux 6400 N Enabled Figure 10 9 From the Select Fibre Channel Device menu se
23. popular with blade systems and virtualization technologies Multipath feature support for operating system installation partitions was introduced with the latest operating system distributions OS vendors have provided the feature for enabling high availability for the installation partitions on the SAN To enable the high availability feature in RHEL and SLES operating system complete the following steps Enabling the Device Mapper multipath feature Recommended configuration on RHEL operating system Ensure that there are multiple paths to the LUNS before starting the installation process If there is only one path to the LUNS Anaconda installs the operating system on the SCSI device even if mpath is specitied as a kernel parameter Enabling multipath features for the installation partitions on iSCSI SAN devices is supported in RHEL 5 3 and later 1 Start the installation of the operating system 2 Provide the parameter linux mpath to the kernel boot line RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 To install or upgrade in graphical mode press the lt ENTER gt key To install or upgrade in text mode type Linux text lt ENTER gt Use the function keys listed below for more information boot Linux mpath_ Figure 27 3 To add the iSCSI devices to the installation complete the following steps else go to Step 4 a Click Advanced storage configuration RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 Installation requires par
24. stems ensure that only one target IP is connected and the Start Up is set to automatic 24 Preparation vV Language vV License Agreement gt Disk Activation e System Analysis Service 6h rate ee Portal Address Target Name Start Up Ar y A yen S679 ase 3uTOmM atic ISCSI Initiator Overview Installation e Installation Summary Perform Installation Configuration Root Password Hostname Network Figure 40 e For SLES11 operating systems ensure that more than one target IP set By default only one target IP is connected Add new target IPs using the Add button under the Connected Targets tab amp iSCSI Initiator Overview Back Next Figure 41 e Enter the Target IP address and click Next Zo amp iSCSI Initiator Discovery x No Authentication C Incoming Authentication he Username ae Password Jsemame i Passierel Figure 42 e Click Connect to connect to the target IP SCSI Initiator Discovery A Portal Address Target Name Connected Figure 43 e Change the Start Up to automatic by using the toggle set up button 3 Select the device for installing the operating system e For SLES11 operating systems complete the following steps a Select the DM devices to create installation partitions b By default DM devices are not listed To list the DM devices select Hard Disks 26 c Click Configure gt Configure Multipath gt
25. titioning of your hard drive By default a partitioning layout is chosen which is reasonable for most users You can either choose to use this or create your own Remove linux partitions on selected drives and create default layout Select the drive s to use for this installation dp Advanced storage configuration _ Review and modify partitioning layout Figure 28 b Select Add iSCSI targets and click Add drive RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 Advanced Storage Options Installation requires partitioning of your By default a partitioning layout is chose How would you like to modify your drive configuration reasonable for most users You can eithe to use this or create your own Add iSCSI target Remove linux partitions on selected dri oad Select the drive s to use for this in a dp Advanced storage configuration C Review and modify partitioning layout reenso nore Figure 29 c Enable network Interface for the currently used NIC 19 ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 insite rewon interac Installa By defa This requires that you have an active network reasone connection during the installation process Please to uset configure a network interface Interface Use dynamic IP configuration DHCP Enable IPv4 support Nameserver Kemet GRY H 3 pr Ip 2 C Revi Dassen Figure 30 d Enter the target IP address E
26. tracting executable file Updating iSCSI option ROM HP NC Series Broadcom Online Firmware Upgrade Utility for Linux must be used on the system that needs the iSCSI boot option ROM to be updated from a Linux opertaing system or a Linux opertaing system live CD To update to latest iSCSI boot option ROM image complete the following steps 1 The firmware utility requires the adapter interface to be up and running Bring up a network adapter interface using the following command ifup ethx Or ifconfig ethx up 2 Update the firmware using the following command CPXXXXXX scexe The upgrade installation activity is written to a common installation log file called nictwupg log Setting up iSCSI boot LUN ev utility present in the HP ProLiant iSCSI Boot Package for Linux can be downloaded from the software download page of HP ProLiant iSCSI Boot Package for Linux 1 Create the configuration file evinput txt A sample configuration file is shown below Following is a sample configuration file HH Copyright 2006 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P All Rights Reserved 06 15 06 jpd Consult the IETF iSP iSCSI for details of these items HH Name of the iSCSI Target Must match what the target ofters Hard coded Target IP No DNS support TargetName iqn 1986 03 abc as asddfrt dsa23243 TargetlP 12 234 45 123 TargetPort 3260 TargetlP2 12 234 45 124 TargetPort2 3260 HH local name the iSCSI cli
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