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EMC Fibre Channel and iSCSI with QLogic Host Bus Adapters in the Windows Environment
Installation and Configuration
How this guide works
In an effort to simplify the installation and configuration of QLogic
Fibre Channel HBAs, this guide follows a simple flow chart, as
shown in Figure 1 on page 17, that guides you through the necessary
procedures to connect your Windows server to EMC storage arrays.
Tips on planning, miscellaneous procedures, and troubleshooting
information are located in Chapter 2, ”Miscellaneous Planning and
Procedures,” and Chapter 3, ”Troubleshooting.”
This document will guide you through the following steps:
1. “Installing the HBA” on page 18
2. “Booting from the external storage array” on page 24:
a. If not installing an IA-64 or EFI-based server:
“Create a floppy disk with the EMC-approved driver and
BIOS” on page 24.
“Install/upgrade firmware and boot BIOS from DOS” on
page 25.
“QLogic Fibre Channel HBA BIOS/boot LUN settings” on
page 26.
Verifying array/LUN visibility for boot” on page 49.
b. If installing an IA-64 or EFI-based server:
Installing a RAMDISK under the EFI shell” on page 49
3. “Installing the Windows operating system” on page 51.
4. “Installing HBA driver and software utilities” on page 69.
5. “Verifying connectivity to the storage array” on page 81.
Downloading latest QLogic drivers/firmware/BIOS files
Throughout this document, there are references to updated files from
QLogic. All of the versions included on the QLogic CD packaged
with your HBA are current as of this documents release. However,
there may be updates to these files that may be necessary to
download. For these, use the QLogic website,
http:///www.qlogic.com. From the main page on the QLogic
website, click Downloads link on the left side of the page. On the
resulting support page, click the EMC link under the OEM Models
section. On the resulting page, click the EMC Array category for your
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