Operating System Support - HP ProLiant BL620c - G7 Server Application Note

Operating system support

For current operating system support, see the SPOCK website at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock.
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Boot from SAN support
BFS is not supported for FC arrays attached to 2408 FCoE Converged Network Switches or C-series
Nexus 5000 Converged Network Switches at this time. BFS is supported for FC arrays attached to
standard FC switches in a fabric that includes CN switches.
DC SAN Director Switch 10/24 FCoE Blade supports BFS from the storage attached to any of the
other FC blades in the same director or to any Fibre Channel switch that is part of the same fabric as
the DC SAN Director that contains the 10/24 FCoE Blade.
This section provides information about installing BFS software.
Windows 2003 (x86, x64) and 2008 (x86, x64)
BFS is supported on all supported HP servers.
The information in HP StorageWorks Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters Software Guide for Windows
(available on http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/networking/bootsan.html) is accurate for
Windows BFS on a CNA based server for Windows 2003 with the following exceptions:
You must install an HP CNA driver kit (available for download at the HP website:
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http://www.hp.com/support/downloads
For Windows 2003, press F6 to prompt for the driver disk
For Windows 2008, click Load Driver when prompted for the location in which to install
Windows (see
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