How to configure a VMware ESX / ESXi host with a QLogic HBA to boot from SAN in a CLARiiON environment Solution: This procedure explains how to configure the QLogic HBA to boot ESX/ESXi from SAN. The procedure involves enabling the QLogic HBA BIOS, enabling the selectable boot, and selecting the boot LUN. Procedure: 1. …
Note: Check the EMC Support Matrix or E-Lab Navigator for the versions of Solaris and arrays that support using the array as a boot device. 1. Partition your LUN on your CLARiiON array so you have the slices of required sizes. 2. Run the newfs command to make a filesystem on the slices you need. …
Requirements: PowerPath, at least version 5.1 SP1 (I would suggest at least 5.3 if running Windows 2003/2008) PowerPath Migration Enabler key (host-copy) Supported storage array for target and destination Details: To explain this migration technique a little more, PPME is a block level migration. It migrates the blocks on the LUN using the host to …
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