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6 Booting the Host from the HP 3PAR Storage System
Refer to HP-UX boot over SAN from
to boot from the HP 3PAR Storage System.
HP 3PAR Storage System Setup Requirements
Booting from the HP 3PAR Storage System is supported in fabric and direct connect modes.
Make sure you have allocated enough space when creating your virtual volumes to be able to
install your HP-UX OS.
To configure the HP 3PAR Storage System, see
InForm OS 3.1.x and OS 2.3.x" (page
it to your HP-UX host.
HP-UX Itanium Host HBA Considerations
You need to use the HBA's EFI version at the required minimum to handle booting from the HP 3PAR
Storage System.
1.
To prepare host, install required firmware for host HBAs to enable boot from the HP 3PAR
Storage System. Collect and record the WWN of HBAs installed on the host. Check the
memory size and give plenty of swap space on the boot volume. Decide the capacity of the
boot volume before OS installation.
NOTE:
A6795A cards. The firmware is downloadable from
HBA model. Those versions of firmware are essential to enable the boot over SAN feature.
Here are the firmware and driver information for 3 major types of HBA on HP hosts.
Table 2 HBA and EFI Version
HBA
AB379B
AH402A
AD193A
The following example shows the HBA and EFI version in bold.
For AH402A
# fcmsutil /dev/fcd8 vpd
Product Description
Part number
Engineering Date Code
Part Serial number
Misc. Information
Mfd. Date
Check Sum
EFI version
ROM Firmware version
Asset Tag
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For Itanium systems, install the supported EFI firmware for the AB379A/B, A6826A,
V I T A L
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: "HP 8Gb Single Channel PCI-e 2.0 FC HBA"
: "AJ762-63001"
: "A-4408"
: "MY19084VLN"
: "PW=10.1 W; PCIE X8 GEN 2"
: "4908"
: 0xb7
: "UU5.03A10
: "1.11X7 SLI-3 (U3D1.11X7)"
: "NA"
to learn the benefits of configuring HP-UX
"Configuring the HP 3PAR Storage System Running
6). After creating your first virtual volume, you must export
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EFI Version
2.20
4.00A8
2.20
P R O D U C T
D A T A
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