topic Re: bl460c boot from san in BladeSystem - General

bl460c boot from san

hturker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:49:49 GMT

i wanted to boot my bl450c from san
i make ecerything step by step
i cerate the host in the san give the lun 1
make zone config
then pres f8 and change boot order
then press ctrl q and cgive the wwwn
and i started to install but i see that there are 8 same disk but i only give 100GB one disk i install / /boot /swap in the same /dev/sda then i restarted but it didnot boot
i search then found that the problem is from my qlogic cart it is QMH 2462 AND firmware 4.00.70

i wanted to update driver but there is no os on that machine how can i update qlogic cart from non os
and second is the way that i go true

Re: bl460c boot from san

hturker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 06:58:08 GMT

my server is bl 460c
my storage is eva8000
and lastly i installed the redhat4-u4 but it did not boot

Re: bl460c boot from san

JKytsi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:44:01 GMT

Hi,
Does Your OS version support boot from SAN ?
Does it support it via multiple paths (EVA8k has eight of them) ?

Are You using virtual connect or brocade switches in the blade enclosure ?

Re: bl460c boot from san

JKytsi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 08:54:39 GMT

for example some googling

http://www.tuxyturvy.com/blog/index.php?/archives/42-RHEL4-dm-multipath-on-root-HOWTO.html

although it's made with IBM blades =)

bottomline root volumes are not supported over dm-multipath

Re: bl460c boot from san

hturker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 09:26:03 GMT

my opareting system is redhat 4 update 4 2.6.19
i think it supports
i install os to the eva 8000
but it cant reboot from eva800
they said that update qlogic
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=110&prodSeriesId=82540&prodTypeId=12169&objectID=c01053390
but while there is no operating system how can i install it

Re: bl460c boot from san

JKytsi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:41:59 GMT

It's a DOS boot disk. Mount it with virtual media. OR download new FW maintance CD. It will update your Qlogic too.

Re: bl460c boot from san

hturker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:46:03 GMT

It's a DOS boot disk. Mount it with virtual media. OR download new FW maintance CD. It will update your Qlogic too.
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the fw cd does not contain this update sorry
now i downlaod the driver files from the link that i give and make an iso from them then upload from ilo as a virtual media
and restart the machine
but it didnot enter dos

Re: bl460c boot from san

JKytsi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:47:55 GMT

Here is the link to DOS version

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=1844104&prodNameId=1844105&swEnvOID=54&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=co-52548-1

And here is the latest FW CD
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=1842750&prodNameId=3288156&swEnvOID=1005&swLang=8&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=MTX-a3d64497af4d4cdeb699c2edd3

Re: bl460c boot from san

hturker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:48:07 GMT

the driver software is in here
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=1844105&prodTypeId=3709945&prodSeriesId=1844104&swLang=8&taskId=135&swEnvOID=54

Re: bl460c boot from san

JKytsi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:58:02 GMT

Well ...If You could take closer look on the link I pasted You find it to be same.

Re: bl460c boot from san

hturker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:01:03 GMT

Here is the link to DOS version
yo said
but when i give that path to virtual media it cant open dos from there

how can i open that
say this.

Re: bl460c boot from san

hturker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 15:58:19 GMT

when i booted from the firmware cd it boots and i installed but the real problem is not this

i press f9 and configure boot controller to boot from my hba

Set up switch zoning

Create a LUN i gave the first lun

press ctrl Q and i gave the two ports
four ports of wwwn of the eva
and then
i reboot and i start with linux askmethod and add qla2400
i see the hardrive but i see the harddrive for 8 times

i give / /boot /swap on sda and
install rh4-u4-x86_64-as and all package
reboot but it cant reboot
why?

it supports eva8000 and ql2432
why it cant reboot from san why

have you got any idea

Re: bl460c boot from san

hturker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:04:00 GMT

it comes attempting boot from hard drive c:
waits and waits

Re: bl460c boot from san

JKytsi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:32:54 GMT

Did You even read this ?
http://www.tuxyturvy.com/blog/index.php?/archives/42-RHEL4-dm-multipath-on-root-H
OWTO.html

Boot from SAN is not supported without some LINUX HACKING

Install RHEL 5.1 and You might get lucky.

Also.. what interconnects You have in Your blade enclosure ?

Re: bl460c boot from san

hturker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:35:57 GMT

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00166137/c00166137.pdf

i read but i think the problem is different
i did the everything in this document
i read your document too

but i only install redhat and it says reboot after installation then then it cant reboot
okey now i am trying redhat 5 and we are going to see

Re: bl460c boot from san

hturker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:46:13 GMT

and a question did you try that unix hack
how can hack while all the system is in san and while i cant reach them

Re: bl460c boot from san

JKytsi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:09:45 GMT

I don't have to try it because I know that is never gonna happen with RHEL4 unless You use only single path to LUN.

But If You could tell me what interconnects are used in the blade chassis .

Re: bl460c boot from san

hturker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:51:20 GMT

now i am installing redhat5 u1
select drivers to use for ,installation and i see that there are 8 disks and all of them are same disk i choose sda and finish installation but when i reboot it didnot boot tooooo

Re: bl460c boot from san

hturker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:53:41 GMT

brocade 4/24 san switch
and i have HP StorageWorks 4/256 SAN Director to eva 8000
my hba is qmh2432

i make zorning and i added 4 port from eva 2 port from blade

what is wrong this takes 3 days from me

Re: bl460c boot from san

JKytsi — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:57:23 GMT

Hi,

Do You know what multipathing means ? You have to configure your dm-multipath so your 8 disks "become one"