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Re: Booting from EVA 5000 to IBM pSeries servers

 
Sorin Serb
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Booting from EVA 5000 to IBM pSeries servers

Hello,

Did anybody managed to boot an IBM pSeries / AIX 5.2 server from an EVA5000 box connected via SAN switches ?

If yes, which HBAs were used ?

Many thanks in advance for any tip.

Sorin
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Leif Halvarsson_2
Honored Contributor

Re: Booting from EVA 5000 to IBM pSeries servers

Hi,
My documentation says there is no boot support for AIX on the EVA 5000 (only for Windows, Tru64 Unix and OpenVMS). I am not sure if this means that booting is not possible or only that it is not supported (but may work as unsupported).
Mike Naime
Honored Contributor

Re: Booting from EVA 5000 to IBM pSeries servers

Our IBM boxes all have internal boot drives, and put the rest of the system on the SAN. I think that this is because the securepath multi-pathing software is an added layer, and not an integral part of the firmware.

(P610, 615, 630, 650, 690)

Mike
VMS SAN mechanic