topic Re: HPUX boot from SAN in HPE EVA Storage

HPUX boot from SAN

Seth Altschul — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:11:18 GMT

Hello,

I have a new rx7640, with a fresh 11.31 install, a couple ab290-60001 quad cards, connecting thru cicso switches to a HP EVA HSV210.

I am looking for information on setting this configuration up to boot from SAN. I have thourghly seached the forums and have yet to find a document that will help me troubleshoot.

So far i have presented the SAN disk, booted from a DVD and installed HPUX 11.31 on the SAN disk via the installer.

After reboot EFI does not see the SAN disk as a bootable disk.

What step am I missing, or can someone point me to a document/thread that will help me work through this.

I have never configured boot from SAN.

Thanks,

Seth

Re: HPUX boot from SAN

Torsten. — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:14:25 GMT

EFI can't "see" the disk - this is normal, because it is on SAN.
You can "deep scan" the SAN, but normally the installer creates a boot path entry in EFI (this is the complete path to the disk).

Is the entry there? What results do you get while booting?

Re: HPUX boot from SAN

Seth Altschul — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 10:52:21 GMT

I do not see a enrty in the boot options menu, or in the EFI shell as a fsX.

I did not get any errors on install, since i did not get an entry could my install have failed?

Re: HPUX boot from SAN

Frantisek Kysela — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 19:16:45 GMT

Hi,
you need set efi driver to rescan all paths. In the efi shell identify driver and cotroller handle by drivers and drvcfg commands:

drivers -> DRV column value = "driver_handle"
drvcfg -> "controller_handle"

then set driver:
drvcfg -s

in the menu set alternate boot to Yes and EFI scan variable to nonzero value:
1 enable alternate boot -> Y
5 EFI scan variable -> !=0

after reboot efi yu can see all paths

Frantisek

Re: HPUX boot from SAN

Seth Altschul — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:59:54 GMT

Hello,

I was able to get into the drivers screen, but my driver,or the one that i think that i should have, does not show up. At one point(only once and not since reboot) i did see a Qlogic driver but when i tried to configure that i recieved error;
drvcfg: Driver image handle [49] does not support Driver Configuration protocol.

thank again,and any other insight would be greatly appreciated.

Re: HPUX boot from SAN

Seth Altschul — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:43:16 GMT

Update,
i run connect at which i now see the Qlogic Fibre Channel Driver.
Shell> drvcfg 9e
Configurable Comonents

Shell> drvcfg -s 9e
Drv[9E] Ctrl[All] Lang[eng] - Options not set. Status = Invalid parameter

help drvcfg does not help me, can anyone help with setting options?

Thanks,

Seth

Re: HPUX boot from SAN

Seth Altschul — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:48:11 GMT

update
> connect

i see the qlogic driver/

> connect # second time

I see the HP 4gb quad card

> connect # third time

i see the devices

Re: HPUX boot from SAN

Phillip Thayer — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:54:45 GMT

Seth,

The link below is for a Boot from SAN document for Linux systems in Itanium platforms. It should give you a lot of help with what your trying to do.

http://bizsupport.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00166110/c00166110.pdf

You also might want to update the firmware on your HBA card. There are directions in this document on how to do that as well.

Phil

Re: HPUX boot from SAN

Seth Altschul — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:56:58 GMT

> reconnect -r
> map -r

I see the devices and wwn numbers.

Re: HPUX boot from SAN

Seth Altschul — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:49:25 GMT

Thanks,

That is a good document, but it still does not fix my issue. Per hp docs i have the latest drive and firmware for my card.

seth

Re: HPUX boot from SAN

Seth Altschul — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:49:37 GMT

Thanks,

That is a good document, but it still does not fix my issue. Per hp docs i have the latest driver and firmware for my card.

seth