install ESXi on UCS to boot from SAN

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• ESXi 3.5 U4 - Boot from SAN?

  Greetings,

  In the last ESXi 3.5 seemed to have a restriction in that the installation has failed for the start of the SAN.  For me, it would be the series Emulex LP11000 I work like SAN for ESX 3.5 boot but not ESXi 3.5.

  Now that U4 is out, does anyone know if VMWare can now boot from SAN?

  Thank you

  Stan

  Currently, don't think so.  There are experimental new PXE boot support, if you want to have a centralized boot image storage location.

  -KjB

  VMware vExpert

• Newbee Q Boot from SAN image via ethernet?

  Hi all

  No experience with this, where the question:

  Not sure if this is possible - I said it is, but I'm skeptical...

  We have an IBM DS4400 SAN FC (FastT700) implemented with connections to fiber to two boxes of host controller running windows 2008 with Emulex PL1000 cards.

  We want to try and computer images virtual of a partition to boot on the SAN. Can we get VSphere (ESXi 4.1) on x 3650 servers connnect to the LUN via ethernet 'by' these machines to host FC connected?

  I see the documentation on how to configure a connection to a San, where the host hardware contains CF cards installed. Y at - it software middleware (iSCSI) that will allow me to do that through the boxes 2008 hypervisor connected?

  I suspect that this can only be done using the FC HBA in the 3650's connect directly via switch FC (zoning?) to the FastT700 controller?

  Let me know if this is not clearly explained. I'm trying to understand it in my mind that I will along\learn.

  Thank you

  ESXi 4.1 can boot from SAN - Fibre Channel, iSCSI and FCoE. If Windows servers can be configured as an iSCSI target, it should be possible. You must add the iSCSI target software. StarWind, iSCSIcake and others offer this feature. If the OS is Windows Storage Server while the ability is built into the OS.

• UCS Boot from SAN

  Hello

  I hope boot us from SAN, is UCS capable of automatically failing on OS start path, fabric case of failure? If the answer is NO, is there not a serious problem of booting from SAN?

  Thank you very much

  Multipathing is applied at startup and data lun and is independent of the policy of the boot

  I'm sorry that I do not understand where I misused the term automatic.

  The policy of the boot is a static, very simple construction: first use the first path to start; it it fails, try the other?

  CF Multipathing, regarding once the server is up and running: before the failure of tissue, you have 2 paths, after only one path to the LUNs (data and start-up).

  If all uplinks to the North switch failure, or a whole tissue, UCSM report link to all NICs for/vhba of this fabric. (default setting for network control strategy-> Action on the failure of the uplink-> link down)

• boot from san ESXi 4.1 on IBM Blade

  Hello community,

  I'm trying to BFS on a blade IBM HS22 blade.

  The SAN is a DS4700...

  Then, don't worry pour assign LUNS to the blade, I can mount ISO install ESXi4.1 and boot from it, do the deployment.

  But I can't boot from it at the next restart... Finally half I managed on a blade, and not another (her twin), each with well hidden and separate LUNS.

  Do you have an idea of how to set up the BIOS of the blade (and possibly of the QLogic card) pour booter from SAN?

  On the blade or it works, and ben is totally by chance, in fact...

  If you've done this, and BIOS the who HS22 blade, I'm interested to set up parameters pour un BFS correct!

  Thank you in advance.

  Hi Pilow,

  Activate the of there are BIOS of the HBA cards and tell them about what boot LUN. Take a look at this article for more info.

  A +.

  Franck

• Boot from SAN

  I started to work with Vsphere very recently, can someone guide on the basic operation to do during the installation of an operating system Win as Boot from SAN.

  you ask you want to create a virtual machine and your plan is to install windows OS in it, but it is recommended to implement Boot from SAN?

  If that's what you ask

  in this case, a SAN LUN that is obvious to the virtual machine as the RDM and you use it as your boot disk for the guest OS VM. I would recommend to still use the virtual disk for this purpose. I just listed a URL in the following list, which will give you use RDM cases.

  try to explore RDM on the following documentation

  VMware vSphere 4 - ESX and vCenter Server

  How to add the disc RDM to VM with vSphere Client

  VMware vSphere 5.1

  RDM use cases

  http://www.vmwarearena.com/2013/02/raw-device-mapping-RDM-use-cases.html

• Boot from SAN with 4 HBAs

  Hello

  What are the guildlines for boot from SAN with 4 fibre HBA.
  Our HP Blades originally had 2 available Qlogic host bus adapters.  I have always chosen a boot on both device and the servers never had a problem starting.  Recently we add a second back-end connectivity map and associates of mezzanine on the HP to allow everything.  On the SAN and blade we show 4 HBAs.  Now when booting of servers, we have stuck in the bootloader GRUB.  This has happened on a server that has already been built and when we reinstalled.  What are the guidelines for booting from the San with multiple HBAs.  We use ESX 4.1.

  Hello

  The general rule is that boot from SAN works on HBA cards in the lowest PCI slot.

  I don't know what rules HP uses to translate slots PCI mezzanine cards.

• Boot from SAN Configuration Question

  Asked me to start deloying new hosts ESX 3.5 using Boot from SAN.  All the documentation I've found is clear on the configuration of HBAS and SAN lun.  I tried to find out what the correct design for the HBA boot ports and storage used.  Does anyone have info on the Boot/operating system as well as the storage of data on the same HBA ports.  This design would be only two HBA by using a port of each for failover.  I also plans to isolate the boot/OS on his own two redundant ports but get resistance from my SAN Group on the fact we use two additional ports turned on by host.  After a few unsuccessful attempts with VMware support, I finally got someone to give me one different answer a document on how to put in place the HBA and SAN.  I was told that sharing should be fine but I also met some files indicating that you must keep them separately.

  Hello

  There is no question share the wwn for a startup process.

  The key here is to always book LUN 0 for the reader to boot/OS on all systems.

  I have 12 guests thanks to her, and there is no sound technical reason to isolate him.

  Kind regards

  Mike

  http://blog.laspina.ca/

• ESXi 4 Boot from SAN?

  I heard that booting from the San with ESXi is supported with the 4.0, but someone tried?  I'm looking at a fervent IBM DS3200 SAS for a small deployment I work on and I wanted to check it works for others before that I have try.

  Mike

  Hi Mike,.

  This works. You must configure SAN setting first in the BIOS. Then the Setup program will detect the LUN. other things are almost the same as the installation on a local hard drive.

  Best regards

  shsun

• Could not install ESXi on UCS B200M2

  I have traced the image ISO of ESXi in KVM virtual media and installation of VM always failed with the message
  "Could not load the module/usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/vmfs3: failure.

  I use the downloaded image from VMware with file name "VMware-VMvisor-Installer - 4.1.0.update1 - 348481.x86_64.iso.

  Anyone know anything about this? Thank you

  Sorry took me awhile to find the email.

  So here's the deal with ISO specific to Cisco for ESXi.

  You use the specific Cisco of ESXi image if you install ESXi on the following

  1 UCS B230 local disk. Image 4.1 standard not a wrong driver LSI. If you perform a boot SAN with Palo you are fine.

  2. If you use any CNAs GEN2 (Emulex and Qlogic). It's true, regardless which you install ESXi on the blade.

  According to internal e-mail, I'm looking at these drivers did not have the 4.1U1 image, but should be in the 4.1U2 and 4.0U3.

  Result based on the answers above all what has worked and what has not with what equipment I would say that the news of the email are correct.

• ESX boot from SAN or Local HD

  How will I know if ESX is configured to boot from the SAN or a Local HD?

  and the doc says to unplug the cables of fiber... and if I don't then he used to find the partition...

  Yes, it's a precautionary measure.  However, whenever you make a change of generation, it is best to reinstall from scratch, existing operating system upgrade.  This makes things work better.  So, when you do an installation, you have the option to select started SAN or Local.

  With an upgrade anyway, it will upgrade the existing installation binaries and will not make changes anyway, so no need to disconnect the fiber, nothing will be reformatted during this step, but a NEW install Yes.

• Can I install Win XP costs with booting from CD bluetooth keyboard? No problem installing connectivity?

  I have a bluetooth (Logitech MX 5000) keyboard and a mouse bluetooth also.

  Can I boot from the XP CD and completely install fresh XP without any keyboard / mouse of disconnection.

  I m wondering how bluetooth will work if XP is install new files?

  And I want to install by booting from the CD only?

  Maryse Agarwal

  I think that you did not understand the problem.  Some bluetooth keyboard/mouse games include

  a bluetooth adapter that is aware of this problem and start eMule a wired USB device

  until the operating system recognizes (and probably Initializes) as a bluetooth adapter.  As a result,.

  during a clean installation of Windows XP, the keyboard works in the environment of pre-seed.

  (Possibly with help from the BIOS itself that can be done "supported inherited" to do the)

  "USB keyboard" watch compatible all the way back to BACK!)

  In any case, once that installation gets pretty far along some more advanced to load drivers

  the BT adapter leaves its compatibility mode and the keyboard stops working.  Alas, it's good

  before the point where you can create connections to BT.  It's to the point where Windows

  The installation program ask you locale, time zone, a * license key * etc.

  I have not found a way around using another keyboard at this point.  Another mouse is also

  practical but not strictly necessary.  (You can do it using and .)

  Hope this clears some things up.

  -Jam

• boot from san esxi5 support

  Start Esxi5 support from san?

  Indeed, it does:

  http://pubs.VMware.com/vSphere-50/topic/com.VMware.vSphere.storage.doc_50/GUID-2A66A330-A9E5-460B-8982-54A1B1C38C02.html

  / Rubeck

• Boot from SAN (iSCSI) No. hypervisor found 5.5

  Here is my config:

  VNX5400

  UCS blade

  10 GB LUNS dedicated to blade.

  VSphere 5.5 (image from Cisco)

  ESXi 5.5 installation is done correctly to the iscsi LUN, but on reboot, start the VMware hypervisor type recovery server.

  Says:

  BANK5: not a VMware boot Bank

  BANK6: not a VMware boot Bank

  No found hypervisor.

  I tried:

  UEFI vs legacy boot (before installing it as well as after the installation is complete)

  checked the mtu 9000 vnx nec and ucs iSCSI NICs

  Any help would be appreciated.

  Thank you

  Jim

  Yes - I found a shift of MTU.   Everything works fine now.

• Boot from SAN Dell R710 and Dell MD3200i!

  Hi all

  I have Dell R710 and Dell MD3200i, now I would like to install the hyperviosr in a SAN lun. Can someone guide me that?

  Thank you

  Tho

  Hello

  1. you already have SAN LUNS allocated and the WWPN of Hope details. for this info, contact SAN team.

  2. ensure that HBA card installed on the Dell server is configured for SAN bootable at the BIOS level

  3. go in the name of the document below URL to get the Setup instructions for ESXi 5.1: vSphere Guide Installation and http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/vsphere-esxi-vcenter-server-pubs.html