Fujitsu PRIMEQUEST 2000 Series Design Manual page 85

3.3.1 Boot Type Selection
Boot type
Internal HDD or SAS-SSD (*1)
External HDD cabinet
FC boot in an external file unit
(SAN environment)
FCoE boot in an external file unit
(SAN environment)
iSCSI boot in an external file unit
(SAN environment)
Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE)
Remote storage device (*2)
(*1) For details on the internal storage in the cabinet, refer to
(*2) The following remote storage devices can be used.
• Internal CD/DVD drive in a PC
• Internal floppy disk drive in a PC
• USB CD/DVD drive
• USB floppy disk drive
It is recommended to use a redundant HDD (hardware RAID or software RAID) as a boot HDD.
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When an internal disk is used as a boot disk, RAID is configured by using ServerView Installation
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Manager (SVIM) to install an OS to the disk.
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Boot devices
DU
Internal disk of an SB
JX40 with a SAS card for connection
FC card
CNA card
LAN card, and LAN port on an IOU
LAN port on an IOU
Internal USB port (for video redirection or
remote storage) of an SB
"3.3.2 Guidelines for Selecting Internal
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Boot operation in which the boot type is used
Start an OS that is installed in an internal HDD.
Start an OS that is installed in an external HDD cabinet.
Start an OS that is installed in an external disk array device.
Start an OS that is installed in an external disk array device.
Start an OS that is installed in an external disk array device.
Start an OS through remote operations.
Start an OS from a medium that is set in a remote storage device.
Storage".
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