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BladeCenter unit Network SAS card Switch DS3200 Storage Manager BladeCenter QS21 SAS fabric Management station Figure 28. DS3200 setup for BladeCenter QS21 The SAS expansion card is attached to the PCI-X connector of the blade server. One or two SAS cables connect the SAS switch at the rear of the BladeCenter unit to the DS3200 storage system. Production environments, typically, have multiple storage systems and a more complex SAS fabric, including two switches to provide redundancy. Perform the following steps to configure a boot device: 1. Start your Storage Manager. For details on steps 2 to 6 see the documentation that comes with the Storage Manager. 2. Make the DS3200 storage system accessible to the Storage Manager by performing a discovery. 3. Assign a name to the DS3200 storage system. 4. Make the storage system accessible to the blade server by configuring host access for the blade server. 5. Create a logical drive and map it to the blade server. Note the logical unit number (LUN) you assign when you map the new logical drive to the blade server. You need this LUN when defining the logical drive as a boot device for the blade server. 6. Find out the SAS address for the boot device. a. Click the Summary tab. b. Click Storage System Profile. c. In the Storage Systems Profile notebook, click the Controllers tab. d. Scroll to the information for host interface Sas. e. The SAS address for the boot device is specified as the World-wide identifier of the Sas host interface. 7. Configure the SAS drive as a boot device by performing the following steps from an SMS session with your blade server: a. Select Change SAS Boot Device on the SAS main menu. b. Select Change SAS Boot Device Address on the SAS Settings menu. c. Type the address of step 6e and press Enter. d. Return to the SAS Settings menu. e. Select Change SAS Boot Device LUN Id on the SAS Settings menu. f. Type the LUN you assigned in step 5 and press Enter. Omit any colons that were shown in the Storage Manager window to separate pairs of hexadecimal digits. You are now ready to install the operating system. Chapter 6. Installing the operating system 55

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The
SAS
expansion
card
is
attached
to
the
PCI-X
connector
of
the
blade
server.
One
or
two
SAS
cables
connect
the
SAS
switch
at
the
rear
of
the
BladeCenter
unit
to
the
DS3200
storage
system.
Production
environments,
typically,
have
multiple
storage
systems
and
a
more
complex
SAS
fabric,
including
two
switches
to
provide
redundancy.
Perform
the
following
steps
to
configure
a
boot
device:
1.
Start
your
Storage
Manager.
For
details
on
steps
2
to
6
see
the
documentation
that
comes
with
the
Storage
Manager.
2.
Make
the
DS3200
storage
system
accessible
to
the
Storage
Manager
by
performing
a
discovery.
3.
Assign
a
name
to
the
DS3200
storage
system.
4.
Make
the
storage
system
accessible
to
the
blade
server
by
configuring
host
access
for
the
blade
server.
5.
Create
a
logical
drive
and
map
it
to
the
blade
server.
Note
the
logical
unit
number
(LUN)
you
assign
when
you
map
the
new
logical
drive
to
the
blade
server.
You
need
this
LUN
when
defining
the
logical
drive
as
a
boot
device
for
the
blade
server.
6.
Find
out
the
SAS
address
for
the
boot
device.
a.
Click
the
Summary
tab.
b.
Click
Storage
System
Profile
.
c.
In
the
Storage
Systems
Profile
notebook,
click
the
Controllers
tab.
d.
Scroll
to
the
information
for
host
interface
Sas
.
e.
The
SAS
address
for
the
boot
device
is
specified
as
the
World-wide
identifier
of
the
Sas
host
interface.
7.
Configure
the
SAS
drive
as
a
boot
device
by
performing
the
following
steps
from
an
SMS
session
with
your
blade
server:
a.
Select
Change
SAS
Boot
Device
on
the
SAS
main
menu.
b.
Select
Change
SAS
Boot
Device
Address
on
the
SAS
Settings
menu.
c.
Type
the
address
of
step
6e
and
press
Enter.
d.
Return
to
the
SAS
Settings
menu.
e.
Select
Change
SAS
Boot
Device
LUN
Id
on
the
SAS
Settings
menu.
f.
Type
the
LUN
you
assigned
in
step
5
and
press
Enter.
Omit
any
colons
that
were
shown
in
the
Storage
Manager
window
to
separate
pairs
of
hexadecimal
digits.
You
are
now
ready
to
install
the
operating
system.
Network
SAS
card
BladeCenter QS21
BladeCenter unit
DS3200
SAS fabric
Management station
Switch
Storage
Manager
Figure
28.
DS3200
setup
for
BladeCenter
QS21
Chapter
6.
Installing
the
operating
system
55