Boot from san on rx7640

[christian_derek]

Hi,

I have a rx7640 with 2 internal drive attach to eva4400 with a qlogic AB379B FC card.  Both mirror internal drive on my rx7640 died.  I would like to install the o/s on the eva, both I don't know what to do to see the eva prior the o/s load?  Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

[Torsten.]

- create the LUN on the EVA

- adjust zoning

- boot the server from install media

- once the installer is loaded, the server WWN is visible at EVA

- adjust mapping for the LUN

- let the server scan again

- LUN is found, ready for install

[christian_derek]

thank for the prompt response, so the boot disk will only be visible at the installation stage.  This system already had 2 lun presented for the database and apps files.  So, my zoning should be ok.  I did created a DRD drive that I was going to clone to get that ready, but I did had a chance finally.

I have 2 questions:

1- the server is located at a data center and I'm not able to have the virtual drive loading.  Is there another way to do this?

2- when the system will see the lun, how would I be able to know which disk are the one that hold the data and apps versus the DRD that I created and was empty?

Thanks,

[Torsten. · Accepted solution]

1) an ignite server

2) your drd lun is probably smaller than the data drives, you can easily compare the size. you can also see the lun number in hardware path

[christian_derek]

i will try the ignite server, what are the restrictions to run it?

[Torsten.]

you configure ignite and copy the install media to the server. then you point the client server to this ignite server (see EFI lanboot) to boot from and do a clean install. it would be easier if you already have an ignite image if the server in question. then you can restore this image to the new LUN.