Setting Up Boot From San - IBM 26R0881 Installation And User Manual

3. Create an ISO image CD using the acquired image. Note: Some external
4. Load the Standalone Diagnostics CD from the blade containing the HBA

Setting up boot from SAN

In order to take full advantage of the BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager solution,
you will want to setup your blade environment to boot from SAN.
For more information, see:
v IBM BladeCenter 4Gb SAN Solution (http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/
v Emulex's IBM BladeCenter HBA Installation and Management white paper
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IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager Installation and User's Guide
supportsite.wss/brandmain?brandind=5000020). Select JS22 or JS12 blades in
the Product family field. Refine the results by selecting Fibre Channel
firmware, then select from a list of available Emulex and QLogic firmware
updates.
Windows or AIX-based workstations must be used in this step to create the ISO
image.
requiring the firmware update. Use the SoL interface on the JS blade to access
the Standalone Diagnostics CD. Follow the documentation included with the
Standalone Diagnostics CD-ROM to download firmware to the Emulex or
QLogic HBA. After starting the Standalone Diagnostics CD-ROM, the
Diagnostics CD must be removed and replaced with the CD you created in the
previous steps. The Standalone Diagnostics utility will use this new CD as the
source of the firmware download.
sg247313.html?Open)
(http://www.emulex.com/white/hba/IBMBlade.pdf)