Windows 2008 Boot From San; Red Hat Enterprise Linux Boot From San - Dell QLogic Family of Adapters User Manual

Boot from SAN: QLogic QME8242 Mezzanine Card User's Guide
For Windows 2003, follow these steps to perform an initial OS installation with the QLogic QME8242 adapter as boot or as
add-on.
1. Start the Windows installation procedure using the setup CD.
2. Press <F6> when the following message appears:
Press F6 if you want to install a third-party SCSI or RAID driver....
After all the standard devices have been loaded, press S to Specify Additional Device.
3. Insert the QLogic driver diskette and press <Enter>.
4. Select the QLogic FCoE Adapter or iSCSI Adapter, and then press <Enter>.
5. For Windows Server 2003, press <S> to use the driver on the floppy drive.
The following message appears:
Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices.
QLogic FCoE Adapter. [or iSCSI Adapter]
Press Enter=Continue.
6. Press <Enter>.
7. Continue with the standard installation procedure.

Windows 2008 Boot From SAN

For Windows 2008, follow these steps to perform an initial OS installation with the QLogic QME8242 adapter as boot or as
add-on.
NOTE: The following procedure requires a USB flash drive; see
To perform the Windows 2008 boot from SAN, follow these steps.
1. Start the Windows installation procedure using the Setup CD.
2. When the following message appears, click Custom (Advanced):
Which type of installation do you want?
3. When the following message appears, click Load Driver:
Where do you want to install Windows?
4. At the "Load Driver" window, insert the USB flash drive in a USB port, and then click OK.
5. To continue with the standard installation procedure, click Next.
Linux Boot from SAN
This section provides the following procedures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Boot from SAN

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Boot from SAN
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Boot from SAN
Follow these steps to install boot from SAN for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, all supported versions:
1. Insert the current Linux Red Hat product CD #1 in the CD drive, and then boot the system.
The system boots from the CD and stops at the boot prompt.
2. At the boot prompt, type Linux dd, and then press <Enter>.
The Driver Disk message box displays the following prompt:
Do you have a driver disk?
3. Click YES, then press <Enter>.
4. In the Driver Disk Source window, select the driver source:
If the driver file is on a disk, select fd0, then press <Enter>.
If the driver file is on a CD, select hdx (where x=CD drive letter), and then press <Enter>.
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Creating a Driver Disk.