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Fibre channel with qlogic host bus adapters in the windows environment
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The Windows Server Setup dialog displays disk partition
information (if your system already contains partitions), or lets
you create a new hard disk partition.
The Windows 2000 boot LUN can be larger than 8 GB (Refer to Microsoft
Knowledge Base article Q240672.) Windows NT 4.0 is bound by a Boot
BIOS 8 GB limit. (Refer to Microsoft Knowledge Base article Q224526.)
9. If you are installing an operating system for the first time,
highlight Unpartitioned Space on the qL2xxx adapter; then:
• press
to use the entire disk as one partition, or
ENTER
• press
to create a custom partition, and then specify the
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partition size.
If the new disk is displayed as Unformatted or Damaged you
must delete the partition before continuing. To do this, press
then follow the on-screen delete instructions. After you delete the
partition, the space will then appear as Unpartitioned Space
mentioned above.
If you are reinstalling Windows, the Setup software prompts you
to overwrite or upgrade:
• To overwrite, press
• To upgrade, press
• If you want to create a new hard disk partition, you must first
delete the existing partition, and then create a new one. To do
so, select the partition you want to delete, press
follow the on-screen instructions to complete the deletion of
the partition. Once the system deletes the partition, you can
press
to create a new one.)
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10. The setup software prompts you to specify the file system format
for the partition.
Select NTFS file system format, which is suitable for most sites
unless you have other specific requirements. Then press
(For background information on the choice of the NTFS file
system, refer to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 0184006.)
Setup now formats the partition, copies the Windows system files
to the partition, and starts rebooting the server.
11. When prompted, remove the diskette and CD-ROM.
Configuring an EMC Boot Device
and follow instructions.
ESC
.
ENTER
Configuring a CLARiiON Boot Device
,
D
, and then
D
.
ENTER
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