This section describes how to create a boot task to configure
the boot information for Fibre Host Bus Adapters (HBAs).
Before you begin
Before you install the operating system, you can configure
a Fibre HBA to boot from a Storage Area Network (SAN) and install
an operating system to the SAN. To boot from the SAN, the Fibre HBA
must be configured with a logical drive mapped to a Logical Unit Number
(LUN). The HBA to be configured must have permission to access the
logical drive and LUN.
After configuring a Fibre HBA boot task,
you can create a task to install one of the supported Windows operating systems. For
more information about creating Windows installation
packages, see About customizing Windows installation scenarios. For a
list of HBAs supported by the ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit, see Fibre Channel HBA support.
About this task
The following example describes how create a task to perform
a local Fibre configuration on the target system to allow the operating
system to be installed on the SAN.
Procedure
- Open a command prompt, and change directory to \sgshare\sgdeploy\SGTKWinPE.
- Create the Fibre configuration ISO image by running the
command SGTKWinPE.cmd, using the Fibre_Config_Only_x86.ini file
provided by the Toolkit as shown: SGTKWinPE.cmd ScenarioINIs\Local\Fibre_Config_Only_x86.ini The ISO image is created in ..\WinPE_ScenarioOutput\Local_Fibre_Config_Only_x86\WinPE_x86.iso,
and your media creation software is started to create bootable media
from the image.
Note: The default settings in the Fibre_Config_Only_x86.ini file
configure the first drive mapped to LUN 0 as a boot device. To avoid
errors, ensure that your SAN configuration includes at least one logical
drive mapped to LUN 0.
- Boot the target system from the created media, and follow
the on-screen prompts to complete the deployment.