Installing remote fibre-channel boot support for a Windows 2000 or 2003 host system

This section provides instructions for installing remote fibre-channel boot support for a Windows® 2000 or 2003 host system.

You must obtain the following items before you can begin to install remote fibre-channel boot support:
  • The IBM System Storage™ Enterprise Storage Server Subsystem Device Driver User's Guide at http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/storage/support/software/sdd.
  • The IBM® System Storage™ DS6000™ Introduction and Planning Guide.
  • Either the Windows 2000/2003 CD-ROM or a set of Windows 2000/2003 setup floppy disks with the Windows 2000/2003 CD-ROM.
  • The Windows 2000 or 2003 installation instructions.
  • The supported fibre-channel host adapter driver package.
  • The supported fibre-channel host adapter driver documentation.

Ensure that the host adapters are installed and cable connections of the host, switch, and storage unit are complete and functional.

Extract and copy the driver files to a floppy.

Remote fibre-channel boot support is available for Windows 2000 or 2003 with or without SDD. For information on the SDD hardware and software installation requirements, see IBM System Storage Multipath Subsystem Device Driver User's Guide.

Parent topic: Intel or AMD running Microsoft Windows 2000 or 2003 host attachment

Configure zoning and obtain storage

  1. Reboot the host system to obtain the Host Bus Adapter WWPN:
    1. For QLogic host adapters: A QLogic BIOS banner appears, press <Alt Q> or press <Ctrl Q> as indicated, depending on the BIOS level. For each host adapter, select Configuration Settings -> Host Bus Adapter Settings and write down the host adapter WWPN.
    2. For Emulex host adapters: When the BIOS banner appears, press either <Alt E> or press <Alt F5> as indicated, depending on the BIOS level. A list of adapters is displayed. For each host adapter, select the adapter and write down the host adapter WWPN.
  2. Configure appropriate zoning on the switch to include only the storage unit WWPN and one host adapter WWPN.
  3. Use the IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager to add the host system to the list of host systems that are available for attachment to the storage unit. For detailed information of how to use the IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager, refer to the IBM System Storage DS6000 Introduction and Planning Guide.
  4. Use the IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager to perform storage allocation to the host system.

Flash QLogic host adapter

Because the host adapter BIOS is responsible for scanning the fibre-channel bus to locate the remote boot device, check that the latest supported host adapter BIOS is loaded. If not, follow the host adapter documentation to update the BIOS of the host adapter.

Configure QLogic and Emulex host adapters

  1. Return to the host system.
  2. For QLogic host adapters: When the QLogic BIOS banner appears, press <Ctrl Q>. The QLogic Fast!UTIL Menu appears. Depending on the host adapter BIOS version, the BIOS menu may be different in the following step:
    1. Select Configuration Settings->Host Bus Adapter Settings. Set only one of the Host Adapters BIOS to Enabled and set Connection Options appropriately. For example, set to 1 for fabric point-to-point. Press ESC to return to the previous menu.
    2. Select Configuration Settings->Selectable Boot Settings. Set Selectable Boot to Enabled and select the appropriate Boot Port Name and the LUN that corresponds to the WWPN of the storage unit.
  3. For Emulex host adapters: When Emulex BIOS banner appears, press Alt E or press Alt F5 as indicated, depending on the BIOS level. A list of adapters is displayed. For each host adapter, select the adapter by entering the appropriate number.
    1. Set only one host adapter to Enabled and set Topology appropriately. For example, set to 1 for fabric point-to-point. Press ESC to return to the previous menu.
    2. Select Configure Boot Devices and configure one boot device, including the boot device, the boot entry WWPN, and the starting LUN.
  4. Exit the BIOS utility and select to save changes.

Windows 2000 and 2003 installation

Apply the Windows Server installation instructions. These instructions include the following steps:

  1. Reboot the host system and insert the Windows setup CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.
  2. If prompted with the message, Press any key to boot from CD, press any key.
  3. Respond to Press F6 if you want to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver message by pressing F6
  4. On Welcome to Setup panel, press Enter to select the Set up of Windows now message.
  5. Answer appropriately on the Windows Licensing Agreement panel.
  6. Press ESC to reply to the Continue installing a fresh copy of Windows prompt.
  7. When prompted, choose the disk on the storage unit where the Windows Server operating system will reside.

Windows 2000 and 2003 Post Installation

  1. Once Windows Server installation is complete, install the IBM Subsystem Device Driver (SDD). Refer to the IBM System Storage Multipath Subsystem Device Driver User's Guide and the SDD Readme.txt for the installation of SDD.
  2. Update zoning on the switch to permit the availability of multiple paths.
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