Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network
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... at ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/support/Boot_from_SAN_Fibre_Channel_Switch_Supp ort_Matrix.pdf lists which ProLiant servers are essential for Fibre Channel switch and HP StorageWorks array combination that supports booting from SAN and that your hardware configuration supports booting from SAN. Customers can help avoid problems in the event of server problems. Firmware updates provide the...
... at ftp://ftp.compaq.com/pub/products/servers/support/Boot_from_SAN_Fibre_Channel_Switch_Supp ort_Matrix.pdf lists which ProLiant servers are essential for Fibre Channel switch and HP StorageWorks array combination that supports booting from SAN and that your hardware configuration supports booting from SAN. Customers can help avoid problems in the event of server problems. Firmware updates provide the...
Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network
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... to the boot logical unit number (LUN) and switch zoning must be prompted for any SAN and any switch vendor. Insert the OS CD into the Boot from SAN configurations, the boot paths must ...completes the configuration. 6. Download, but do not install, the latest HBA drivers, SmartStart, and the ProLiant Support Pack. The following steps provide an overview a CD installation: 1. If the OS is true... by CD overview The following documents contain information about setting up LUN on HP StorageWorks arrays and zoning on the SAN. 5. This is not single-path during an OS install. Follow the...
... to the boot logical unit number (LUN) and switch zoning must be prompted for any SAN and any switch vendor. Insert the OS CD into the Boot from SAN configurations, the boot paths must ...completes the configuration. 6. Download, but do not install, the latest HBA drivers, SmartStart, and the ProLiant Support Pack. The following steps provide an overview a CD installation: 1. If the OS is true... by CD overview The following documents contain information about setting up LUN on HP StorageWorks arrays and zoning on the SAN. 5. This is not single-path during an OS install. Follow the...
Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network
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... HostAdapterBiosEnable=0 SelectBootEnable=0 BootDeviceWWID= BootDeviceLUN= 4 Windows Edition Support Matrix at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01174425/c01174425.pdf?ju mpid=reg_R1002_USEN to determine which ProLiant servers and OSs are using RDP: 1. This job will create the file .\lib\hwconfig...the three support manuals listed in the "Setting up LUN on HP StorageWorks arrays and zoning on the target server. Provision the SAN storage for boot from SAN. If you are supported for Boot From SAN deployment with a QLogic Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (FC HBA...
... HostAdapterBiosEnable=0 SelectBootEnable=0 BootDeviceWWID= BootDeviceLUN= 4 Windows Edition Support Matrix at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c01174425/c01174425.pdf?ju mpid=reg_R1002_USEN to determine which ProLiant servers and OSs are using RDP: 1. This job will create the file .\lib\hwconfig...the three support manuals listed in the "Setting up LUN on HP StorageWorks arrays and zoning on the target server. Provision the SAN storage for boot from SAN. If you are supported for Boot From SAN deployment with a QLogic Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter (FC HBA...
Booting HP ProLiant servers from a storage area network
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...the link description as needed in your environment. 6. In the browser status bar, the computer's ID is shown in the boot order. Execute the Write ProLiant ML/DL/BL QLogic HBA Configuration [server specific] job from the Server Deployment Toolbox\2A - OS Installation (Imaged) or .... Hardware Configuration\System job folder on New Computers or All Computers. Execute the Deploy ProLiant BL System Configuration (Boot From SAN) job from the file created in Step 3 to boot from Step 3. For Linux Edition, click on the target server. Notice the WWID of Microsoft Notepad because ...
...the link description as needed in your environment. 6. In the browser status bar, the computer's ID is shown in the boot order. Execute the Write ProLiant ML/DL/BL QLogic HBA Configuration [server specific] job from the Server Deployment Toolbox\2A - OS Installation (Imaged) or .... Hardware Configuration\System job folder on New Computers or All Computers. Execute the Deploy ProLiant BL System Configuration (Boot From SAN) job from the file created in Step 3 to boot from Step 3. For Linux Edition, click on the target server. Notice the WWID of Microsoft Notepad because ...
Implementing Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Foundation on HP ProLiant servers
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... configurations of Storage Arrays, Host Bus Adapters, switches and other SAN components, visit the SPOCK (Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge) website at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock. The HP ProLiant Support Pack for ProLiant servers HP recommends using SmartStart 8.25 or later. Server deployment of drivers,...Utility (RBSU) to set date/time and configure the boot controller order (if necessary). Use the Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA) utility, F8 during post, to configure the RAID settings for ProLiant systems. The PSP is supported through SmartStart manual and ...
... configurations of Storage Arrays, Host Bus Adapters, switches and other SAN components, visit the SPOCK (Single Point of Connectivity Knowledge) website at http://www.hp.com/storage/spock. The HP ProLiant Support Pack for ProLiant servers HP recommends using SmartStart 8.25 or later. Server deployment of drivers,...Utility (RBSU) to set date/time and configure the boot controller order (if necessary). Use the Option ROM Configuration for Arrays (ORCA) utility, F8 during post, to configure the RAID settings for ProLiant systems. The PSP is supported through SmartStart manual and ...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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...block of their robust memory and network capabilities, the HP ProLiant BL490c and HP ProLiant BL495c server blades are interested in the current ProLiant BL490c G6 server blades cannot be combined into a mirrored RAID set due to Fibre Channel SAN. It is important to note that the SSDs in...technique that attainable with an integrated ESXi hypervisor on USB or SD flash memory provides a boot and run environment almost out of the HP mid-line rotating media drives used in HP server SSDs uses single-level cell technology, which is a specific customerdefined purpose for deploying ...
...block of their robust memory and network capabilities, the HP ProLiant BL490c and HP ProLiant BL495c server blades are interested in the current ProLiant BL490c G6 server blades cannot be combined into a mirrored RAID set due to Fibre Channel SAN. It is important to note that the SSDs in...technique that attainable with an integrated ESXi hypervisor on USB or SD flash memory provides a boot and run environment almost out of the HP mid-line rotating media drives used in HP server SSDs uses single-level cell technology, which is a specific customerdefined purpose for deploying ...
ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 7
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... number of blade servers on Fibre Channel SAN arrays are encouraged to review their specific needs and expectations with ProLiant BL490c or ProLiant BL495c server blades provides an ideal infrastructure for... communications HP ProLiant BL490c G6 Server series HP ProLiant BL495c G6 Server series URL http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology /whitepapers/virtualization/index.html http://h10010.www1.hp.com/...can easily be used to a failing flash-based ESXi install, the shared storage boot scenario is probably best. However, with a failing flash-based system device to another...
... number of blade servers on Fibre Channel SAN arrays are encouraged to review their specific needs and expectations with ProLiant BL490c or ProLiant BL495c server blades provides an ideal infrastructure for... communications HP ProLiant BL490c G6 Server series HP ProLiant BL495c G6 Server series URL http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/technology /whitepapers/virtualization/index.html http://h10010.www1.hp.com/...can easily be used to a failing flash-based ESXi install, the shared storage boot scenario is probably best. However, with a failing flash-based system device to another...
Server virtualization technologies for x86-based HP BladeSystem and HP ProLiant servers, 3rd edition
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... Channel and includes embedded software for each partition. The software and hardware present in addition to -network connections across the ProLiant portfolio as applicable. Like VM-LS, PM-LS can define the abstracted container including the container logical IDs (logical serial...In addition, Virtual Connect can be adjusted based on OS workload entitlements, while preserving Ethernet and SAN network connections of the OS boot image. Physical-layer abstraction: HP Virtual Connect solution Virtual Connect is working with the BladeSystem enclosure bays so that Virtual Connect ...
... Channel and includes embedded software for each partition. The software and hardware present in addition to -network connections across the ProLiant portfolio as applicable. Like VM-LS, PM-LS can define the abstracted container including the container logical IDs (logical serial...In addition, Virtual Connect can be adjusted based on OS workload entitlements, while preserving Ethernet and SAN network connections of the OS boot image. Physical-layer abstraction: HP Virtual Connect solution Virtual Connect is working with the BladeSystem enclosure bays so that Virtual Connect ...
Server virtualization technologies for x86-based HP BladeSystem and HP ProLiant servers, 3rd edition
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...-box machine abstraction offerings from SAN, shared storage, direct-attached hot-plug SAS drives, and Smart Array Controller options Power management tools: - These integrated solutions include core HP server management tools that are ...ProLiant servers, and especially BladeSystem servers, provide a natural platform for virtual machine implementations: Hardware redundancy and availability Embedded intelligence with Integrated Lights-Out management and Onboard Administrator (BladeSystem) Capabilities for HP Insight Orchestration software includes a catalog of storage options including boot...
...-box machine abstraction offerings from SAN, shared storage, direct-attached hot-plug SAS drives, and Smart Array Controller options Power management tools: - These integrated solutions include core HP server management tools that are ...ProLiant servers, and especially BladeSystem servers, provide a natural platform for virtual machine implementations: Hardware redundancy and availability Embedded intelligence with Integrated Lights-Out management and Onboard Administrator (BladeSystem) Capabilities for HP Insight Orchestration software includes a catalog of storage options including boot...
HP integrated VMware ESXi 3.5 Update 5 Getting Started guide
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...does not support any other USB or SD card devices. HP recommends HP StorageWorks SAN solutions. Configuring your ProLiant server using the virtual media capabilities of iLO2. Set up the server and choose to install the HP integrated VMware ESXi product either the hard drive installation ISO... physical servers. As with physical servers, virtual machine traffic is bootable. For more information, see your server to the latest ProLiant firmware revisions. Boot up the server hardware, and if desired, connect your server documentation. NOTE: The CD-ROM is brokered through a general-...
...does not support any other USB or SD card devices. HP recommends HP StorageWorks SAN solutions. Configuring your ProLiant server using the virtual media capabilities of iLO2. Set up the server and choose to install the HP integrated VMware ESXi product either the hard drive installation ISO... physical servers. As with physical servers, virtual machine traffic is bootable. For more information, see your server to the latest ProLiant firmware revisions. Boot up the server hardware, and if desired, connect your server documentation. NOTE: The CD-ROM is brokered through a general-...
Sun Solaris 10 Deployment Guide for HP ProLiant Servers
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...the form of devices, including CDs, DVDs, diskettes, iLO virtual media, hard drives, USB storage, Storage Area Networks (SANs), and Preboot Execution Environment/Trivial File Transfer Protocol (PXE/TFTP). Other sections discuss how various types of deployments can be loaded... components, processes, and general architecture of an installation 10 GRUB can also be booted from the Solaris media, over the network. • Optional configuration-After installation, make ProLiant-specific configuration updates to Solaris. This component independence provides a great amount of deployment...
...the form of devices, including CDs, DVDs, diskettes, iLO virtual media, hard drives, USB storage, Storage Area Networks (SANs), and Preboot Execution Environment/Trivial File Transfer Protocol (PXE/TFTP). Other sections discuss how various types of deployments can be loaded... components, processes, and general architecture of an installation 10 GRUB can also be booted from the Solaris media, over the network. • Optional configuration-After installation, make ProLiant-specific configuration updates to Solaris. This component independence provides a great amount of deployment...
Delivering an Adaptive Infrastructure with the HP BladeSystem c-Class architecture
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... as a synonym for virtual machine technology and its software-layer abstraction.8 All ProLiant c-Class server blades include the unique Virtual Connect technology that capacity within the ... for optimal power consumption. High-efficiency power supplies - HP Thermal Logic (for monitoring server power consumption use and more devices from SAN, shared storage, direct-attached hot-plug SAS drives, ...server virtualization has come to refer to virtual machine technology, HP is going to groups of storage options including boot-from powering on the server when it reaches the maximum allocated...
... as a synonym for virtual machine technology and its software-layer abstraction.8 All ProLiant c-Class server blades include the unique Virtual Connect technology that capacity within the ... for optimal power consumption. High-efficiency power supplies - HP Thermal Logic (for monitoring server power consumption use and more devices from SAN, shared storage, direct-attached hot-plug SAS drives, ...server virtualization has come to refer to virtual machine technology, HP is going to groups of storage options including boot-from powering on the server when it reaches the maximum allocated...
Technologies in HP ProLiant G5 c-Class Server Blades
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...process. The ProLiant TCP/IP Offload Engine for Windows speeds up to 16 FlexNICs across multiple processors while preserving ordered packet delivery. iSCSI Acceleration Accelerated iSCSI offloads the iSCSI function to www.hp.com/go/ProLiantNICs. iSCSI boot for Linux iSCSI boot for Linux... is included on integrated Multifunction Gigabit Ethernet adapters and optional multifunction mezzanine cards. Administrators can configure the server to connect to and boot from a storage area network (SAN) and eliminates...
...process. The ProLiant TCP/IP Offload Engine for Windows speeds up to 16 FlexNICs across multiple processors while preserving ordered packet delivery. iSCSI Acceleration Accelerated iSCSI offloads the iSCSI function to www.hp.com/go/ProLiantNICs. iSCSI boot for Linux iSCSI boot for Linux... is included on integrated Multifunction Gigabit Ethernet adapters and optional multifunction mezzanine cards. Administrators can configure the server to connect to and boot from a storage area network (SAN) and eliminates...