Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1592)

Boot Version 10.2 for NIC, iSCSI, FCoE, and RoCE Protocols User Manual P010097-01B Rev. A
6. Using the FCoE Boot BIOS Utility for x86 and x64 Architectures
Using Multi-Path Boot from SAN
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Enabling or Disabling Auto Boot Sector
This option automatically defines the boot sector of the target disk for the migration
boot process, which applies only to HP MSA1000 arrays. If there is no partition on the
target, the default boot sector format is 63 sectors. The default setting is disabled.
To enable or disable the auto boot sector format:
1. From the main configuration menu (Figure 6-2), select Configure Advanced
Adapter Parameters and press . The adapter configuration menu is
displayed (Figure 6-13).
2. Select Enable or Disable Auto Boot Sector and press . The Auto Boot
Sector configuration screen is displayed.
Figure 6-21 Enable or Disable Auto Boot Sector Format Screen
3. Select whether to enable or disable the auto boot sector.
4. Press to accept the new value.
5. Press to return to the advanced adapter configuration menu.
6. For changes to take effect, reboot the system.
Using Multi-Path Boot from SAN
Multi-boot BIOS is in compliance with BBS. The system must have a Multi-boot system
BIOS in order to take advantage of this option. The Multi-boot BIOS allows you to
select any boot disk in the system BIOS setup menu. The boot disk can be an FC drive, a
SCSI drive, an IDE drive, a USB device, or a floppy drive. The Emulex BIOS supplies
the first eight drives to the system BIOS menu. The Multi-boot BIOS can override the
FC drive that is selected in the BIOS utility.
For example, the system has eight FC disks only. The boot disk has AL_PA 02.
However, you can select AL_PA 23 in the system BIOS setup menu. The boot device is
the FC disk with AL_PA 23 instead of AL_PA 02, as is set in the BIOS utility.
If your system supports Multi-boot BBS, the local boot disk (drive C) is the first entry in
Multi-boot on the system BIOS setup menu. The list of entries is determined by the list
of configured boot entries in the BIOS utility. For example:
Adapter 1: boot_entry0, boot_entry1
Adapter 2: boot_entry2, boot_entry3