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Configuring a Symmetrix Boot Device

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Configuring an EMC Boot Device

2. At the

shell>

prompt, type

drivers

and press

ENTER

. The list of

currently loaded drivers will be displayed. The QLogic EFI driver
should appear on a line that is similar to that shown below:

5D 0000011E B X X

1 HP 2 Gb Fibre Channel Driver PciRom Seg=00000000

5D 00000140 D X X

1 - Qlogic Fibre Channel Driver PciRom Seg=00000000

3. The first two hex digits are the driver handle. To determine the

control number, type

drvcfg

and press

ENTER

. You will

see both the handle and control numbers displayed for that HBA:

Configurable Components

Drv[5D]Ctrl[60]Lang[eng]

4. To start the EFI command line utility, type

drvcfg –s

and press

ENTER

. (for example,

drvcfg –s 5d 60)

5. At the selection prompt, select menu choice 8 (info) and press

ENTER

. This will display the HBA information, which includes the

world wide number of the HBA. Write the WWN down to aid in
fabric zoning.

6. At the selection prompt, select menu choice 3 (edit_database) and

press

ENTER

.

7. At the Entry in WWN database to edit prompt, type 0.

8. At the Entry 0 Port WWN prompt, enter the 16 digit WWN of

your storage array boot port recorded earlier. Do not enter the
HBA WWN that was noted in step 5.

9. At the Node WWN prompt, retype the storage array WWN again.

10. At the LUN (hex) prompt, type the LUN number that you will be

booting from.

11. Once entered, the Entry in WWN database to edit prompt will

re-appear. This gives you the chance to configure a secondary
boot LUN. Repeat steps 7 through 10 for up to 4 alternate boot
LUNs. Simply type in the database number (1-4) to configure
them. If you are finished with configuring boot LUNs, press

ENTER

at this prompt to return to the eficfg> prompt.

12. At this point, edit the HBA settings to make sure the topology

and other parameters are correct for boot. Select menu choice 1
(edit_adapter_settings)

at the selection prompt and enter values

for the following parameters:

1. Enable Hard Loop Id? = Y (Note: Only necessary for

direct-connect configurations)

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