topic Forgetful QLogic HBA in MSA Storage

Forgetful QLogic HBA

daveStyle — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:00:06 GMT

Hey guys,

Recently starting using a few BL460C blades with QLogic QMH2462 HBA installed.

The c7000 enclosure is using HP Virtual Connect for SAN connectivity.

The HBA's were configured to boot from SAN off a LUN on a HP EVA8000, but I've since changed it to boot from a LUN off an IBM SVC. The settings change fine in the QLogic Fast!Util setup and the machine boot from SAN as expected.

But when I reboot the blade the HBA reverts back to it's old configuration, e.g. back to the LUN config for the EVA.

QLogic QMH2462 Firmware 4.04.04, BIOS 2.08.

Any and all ideas/help would be great

Re: Forgetful QLogic HBA

CLEB — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:16:57 GMT

I have these blades and have not had an issue with changing boot LUNs, though the storage is always an EVA.

I am using Firmware 5.01.02 Bios 2.08 .

Perhaps its worth clearing the NVRAM on the blade and reconfiguring it?

Is there still zoning for these blades and the EVA storage? What if this is removed?

Re: Forgetful QLogic HBA

daveStyle — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:20:45 GMT

My mistake.
Turn out the boot LUN was configured from the Virtual Connect manager.
I just had to change them there instead of the HBA BIOS.