topic Re: N-class boot device in Operating System - HP-UX

N-class boot device

William Bourne — Fri, 09 May 2003 09:29:50 GMT

Is it possible to use a SAN disc as a boot device?

Re: N-class boot device

Michael Tully — Fri, 09 May 2003 09:37:27 GMT

Yes it is, but you need the minimum 11.00.06 driver to do so. Assuming you have the A5158A card:

Have a look at http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=A5158A
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http://www.software.hp.com/cgi-bin/swdepot_parser.cgi/cgi/displayProductInfo.pl?productNumber=FibrChanl00

Re: N-class boot device

RolandH — Fri, 09 May 2003 10:01:16 GMT

It is dependent from the firmware of your HBA, too. Check it with HP or your vendor, if your HBA and SAN Storage support bootable disks.

Regards
Roland

Re: N-class boot device

Tim Sanko — Fri, 09 May 2003 11:38:41 GMT

If you are using EMC disks, I know it is possible with A5158A or the 2 GB card, that I am too lazy to crawl on the floor to look at. We are booting from symm for multiple V-Class and Nclass environment.