Hang on boot over SAN

[Scott Hanson_1]

I have just ignited an image to our rp7400 server to a disk on an EMC array. EMC have told me it is supported. However, when the system reboots after the ignite image is installed, it hangs at the following point:

Processor is booting from first available device.

To discontinue, press any key within 10 seconds.

10 seconds expired.
Proceeding...

Trying Primary Boot Path
------------------------
Booting...
Boot IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision 2


HARD Booted.

ISL Revision A.00.43 Apr 12, 2000

ISL booting hpux

Boot
: disk(1/0/0/0.1.23.0.0.0.4;0)/stand/vmunix

Can anyone help?

[Robert Young_2]

Are you using Brocade switches in your SAN? If so, check the firmware version is the latest supported by EMC and/or HP. Some versions seem to prevent booting over SAN.

Also, check the version of Ignite and upgrade to the latest from software.hp.com. Some versions had problems booting the image after installing.

[Scott Hanson_1]

Figured it out. The port to which the HBA is connected must be converted from a F-Port to a G-Port:

portCfgGport portnumber,1

This was documented in the EMC Support Matrix.