To use the system as a boot device for a host that is running a
Microsoft Windows Server operating system, you must
configure the host.
SAN boot is not supported on all operating systems. For the latest support
information, see the following website:
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/servers/lenovo-storage
Use the following steps to configure the operating system.
- Configure the system so that only the boot volume is mapped to the host.
- Configure the Fibre Channel SAN so that the host can see only one system node port. This means
that there is only one path from the host to its boot disk.
- Configure and enable the HBA BIOS.
- Install the operating system by using the normal procedure and selecting the volume as
the partition on which to install.
- After the operating system, the subsystem device driver device-specific module (SDDDSM), or Microsoft Multipath I/O driver is installed, zoning must be
modified to allow multiple paths.
- Set redundant boot devices in the BIOS to allow the host
to boot when its original boot path has failed.