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5.1 Performance considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
5.2 Configuration considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Part 2. TotalStorage DS300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Chapter 6. TotalStorage DS300 sample configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
6.1 DS300 single controller sample configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
6.1.1 DS300 single controller switched or routed attachment (1701-1RL)212
6.1.2 DS300 single controller switched single path attachment . . . . . . . . 213
6.1.3 DS300 single controller switched dual path attachment . . . . . . . . . 215
6.2 DS300 dual controller sample configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
6.2.1 DS300 dual controller single switch attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
6.2.2 DS300 dual controller switched dual path attachment . . . . . . . . . . 219
Chapter 7. TotalStorage DS300 installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
7.1 Boot from a DS300 with QLogic iSCSI Expansion Card for IBM eServer
BladeCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
7.1.1 Planning and considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
7.1.2 SAN and network setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
7.1.3 TotalStorage DS300 setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
7.1.4 iSCSI host bus adapter setup and installation preparation . . . . . . . 228
7.1.5 Create QLogic iSCSI Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter
7.1.6 Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition installation . . . 248
7.1.7 Driver and service pack installation and finishing the setup . . . . . . 253
7.1.8 Install the SANsurfer utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
7.1.9 Use SANsurfer and verify current configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
7.1.10 Configure iSCSI host bus adapter firmware settings . . . . . . . . . . 261
7.1.11 Configure the second port of the iSCSI host bus adapter . . . . . . . 265
7.2 Qlogic iSCSI Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter in Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
7.2.1 Install the device drivers for the QLogic iSCSI Expansion Card for IBM
7.2.2 Install the Qlogic iSCSI Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter
7.2.3 Setup of the QLogic iSCSI Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter
7.2.4 Configure authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
7.3 QLogic iSCSI Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter in Linux . . 303
7.3.1 Driver installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
7.3.2 iSCSI SANsurfer management software installation . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
7.3.3 Configuration of the QLogic iSCSI Expansion Card for IBM eServer
7.4 IBM iSCSI Server Adapter in Windows Server 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
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driver disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
eServer BladeCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
management software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
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BladeCenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308