6 Booting the Host from the HP 3PAR Storage System
Refer to HP-UX boot over SAN from http://docs.hp.com to learn the benefits of configuring HP-UX
to boot from the HP 3PAR Storage System.
HP 3PAR Storage System Setup Requirements
Booting from the HP 3PAR Storage System is supported in fabric and direct connect modes.
Make sure you have allocated enough space when creating your virtual volumes to be able to
install your HP-UX OS.
To configure the HP 3PAR Storage System, see “Configuring the HP 3PAR Storage System Running
InForm OS 3.1.x and OS 2.3.x” (page 6). After creating your first virtual volume, you must export
it to your HP-UX host.
HP-UX Itanium Host HBA Considerations
You need to use the HBA’s EFI version at the required minimum to handle booting from the HP 3PAR
Storage System.
1. To prepare host, install required firmware for host HBAs to enable boot from the HP 3PAR
Storage System. Collect and record the WWN of HBAs installed on the host. Check the
memory size and give plenty of swap space on the boot volume. Decide the capacity of the
boot volume before OS installation.
NOTE: For Itanium systems, install the supported EFI firmware for the AB379A/B, A6826A,
A6795A cards. The firmware is downloadable from http://www.hp.com by searching the
HBA model. Those versions of firmware are essential to enable the boot over SAN feature.
Here are the firmware and driver information for 3 major types of HBA on HP hosts.
Table 2 HBA and EFI Version
EFI VersionHBA
2.20AB379B
4.00A8AH402A
2.20AD193A
The following example shows the HBA and EFI version in bold.
For AH402A
# fcmsutil /dev/fcd8 vpd
V I T A L P R O D U C T D A T A
--------- ------------- -------
Product Description : "HP 8Gb Single Channel PCI-e 2.0 FC HBA"
Part number : "AJ762-63001"
Engineering Date Code : "A-4408"
Part Serial number : "MY19084VLN"
Misc. Information : "PW=10.1 W; PCIE X8 GEN 2"
Mfd. Date : "4908"
Check Sum : 0xb7
EFI version : "UU5.03A10
ROM Firmware version : "1.11X7 SLI-3 (U3D1.11X7)"
Asset Tag : "NA"
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