Fibre Channel Over Ethernet: Broadcom NetXtreme II® Network Adapter User Guide
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7. Press
ESC
until prompted to exit and save changes.
8. Proceed to OS installation once storage access has been provisioned in the SAN.
Provisioning Storage Access in the SAN
Storage access consists of zone provisioning and storage selective LUN presentation, each of which is commonly provisioned per initiator WWPN. Two main paths are available for
approaching storage access:
Pre-Provisioning
CTRL+R Method
Pre-Provisioning
With pre-provisioning, note the initiator WWPN and manually modify fabric zoning and storage selective LUN presentation to allow the appropriate access for the initiator.
The initiator WWPN can be seen at the bottom of the screen in the FCoE boot target configuration window.
The initiator WWPN can also be directly inferred from the FIP MAC address associated with the interface(s) planned for boot. Two MAC addresses are printed on stickers attached to the
SFP+ cage on your adapter. The FIP MAC ends in an odd digit. The WWPN is 20:00: + <FIP MAC>. For example, if the FIP MAC is 00:10:18:11:22:33, then the WWPN will be
20:00:00:10:18:11:22:33.
NOTE: The default WWPN is 20:00: + <FIP MAC>. The default WWNN is 10:00: + <FIP MAC>.
NOTE: In Dell FlexAddress configurations, the SAN/FIP MAC may be overridden by the blade chassis management system.
CTRL+R Method
The
CTRL+R
method allows you to use the boot initiator to bring up the link and login into all available fabrics and targets. Using this method, you can ensure that the initiator is logged
into the fabric/target before making provisioning changes, and as such, can provision without manually typing in WWPNs.
1. Configure at least one boot target through CCM as described above.
2. Allow the system to attempt to boot through the selected initiator.
3. Once the initiator boot starts, it will commence with DCBX sync, FIP Discovery, Fabric Login, Target Login, and LUN readiness checks. As each of these phases completes, if the
initiator is unable to proceed to the next phase, MBA will present the option to press
CTRL+R
.
4. Once
CTRL+R
has been activated, the boot initiator will maintain a link in whatever phase has most recently succeeded and allow you time to make the necessary provisioning
corrections to proceed to the next phase.