Configuring for SAN boot with Oracle SPARC hosts

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To use the SAN boot feature with an Oracle SPARC host that is connected to the system, the boot disk must be encapsulated by the VERITAS Volume Manager. Encapsulation places the boot disk under the management of the Volume Manager.

Before you begin

You must have your VERITAS Volume Manager administration documentation to complete the following steps.

About this task

Use these high-level steps to ensure that your boot disk is encapsulated by the Volume Manager:

Procedure

  1. Configure your HBA for SAN boot.
  2. Configure the host bus adapter (HBA) for static port binding.
  3. Configure the volume that is to be used as your SAN boot disk, and then map the volume to the host.
  4. Configure the LUNs for use with VERITAS Volume Manager with DMP.
  5. Mirror the boot volume onto the discovered LUNs by using the instructions in the VERITAS Volume Manager administration documentation.