EMC 300-000-978 REV A03 User Manual
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Configuring a PowerPath Native Device as the Boot Device
3-7
Configuring a PowerPath Boot Device on Solaris
Modifying
OpenBoot
OpenBoot
You need modify OpenBoot only if you use Fibre Channel HBAs.
The procedure for modifying OpenBoot depends on your HBAs.
Refer to the following documentation:
Refer to the following documentation:
Setting Up the Boot
Alias
Alias
Set up a new alias for your new boot disk. At the
OK>
prompt:
1. Enter
nvalias
your_alias
your_device and press
ENTER
.
Example:
nvalias storagedisk /pci@1f,4000/QLGC,qla@4/sd@0,0
2. Enter
nvstore
and press
ENTER
to store your new boot name.
3. Enter
setenv boot-device storagedisk
and press
ENTER
to
change the boot device to the new alias.
4. Enter
setenv auto-boot? false
and press
ENTER
.
5. Enter
reset
-all
.
6. Enter
boot
.
If you use
Refer to
Emulex HBAs
EMC Fibre Channel with Emulex Host Bus Adapters in the Solaris Host Environment
QLogic HBAs
EMC Fibre Channel with QLogic Host Bus Adapters in the Solaris Environment
JNI HBAs
EMC Symmetrix Fibre Channel with JNI Emerald Host Bus Adapters in the Solaris Environment
EMC Symmetrix Fibre Channel with JNI Tachyon Host Bus Adapters in the Solaris Environment
EMC Symmetrix Fibre Channel with JNI Emerald 4 Host Bus Adapters in the Solaris Environment