Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1400)

Boot for the Fibre Channel Protocol User Manual P010096-01A Rev. A
1. Introduction
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1. Introduction
This manual describes installing, updating, enabling, and configuring Emulex
®
Fibre
Channel (FC) boot code. This manual also describes the Emulex boot from SAN
implementation and its operation with distinct hardware and operating system
requirements. Boot from SAN is booting servers directly from disk operating system
images located on a storage area network (SAN) by way of Emulex LightPulse
®
adapters using Emulex FC boot code.
When booting from SAN, the storage device is typically identified by its World Wide
Port Name (WWPN) and a logical unit number (LUN). By extending the server system
boot basic input/output system (BIOS), boot from SAN functionality is provided by the
bootBIOS contained on an Emulex adapter in the server. When properly configured,
the adapter then permanently directs the server to boot from a logical unit (disk) on the
SAN as if it were a local disk.
Note: Emulex drivers support multi-path boot configurations. Refer to your storage
vendor’s documentation for details on how to configure multi-path booting.
Abbreviations
ACL Access Control List
AL_PA Arbitrated Loop Physical Address
API application programming interface
ARP Address Resolution Protocol
BBS BIOS Boot Specification
BFS byte file system
BIOS basic input/output system
BOFM Blade Open Firmware Management Protocol
CEE Converged Enhanced Ethernet
CHAP Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol
CIN Cisco-Intel-Nuova
CLI command line interface
DCB Data Center Bridging
DCBX Data Center Bridging Exchange Protocol
DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
DID device ID
DMA direct memory access
DNS Domain Name System
EDD Enhanced Disk Device
EFI Extensible Firmware Interface
FC Fibre Channel