EMC SAN - Correct Driver Load Order in STARTUP.NCF
(Last modified: 09Nov2005)
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goal
EMC SAN - Correct Driver Load Order in STARTUP.NCF
fact
Novell NetWare
Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) (NetWare Kernel)
EMC Symmetrix SAN
EMC CLARiiON SAN
EMC Clarion SAN (alternative mis-spelling)
QLogic Adapter
QL2300.HAM Driver
PowerPath Driver
POWPATH.CDM Driver
STARTUP.NCF Load Order
symptom
Miscellaneous issues with PowerPath and Qlogic drivers with NetWare in an EMC SAN environment
fix
Example STARTUP.NCF for server with EMC Symmetrix SAN:
LOAD ACPIDRV.PSM
LOAD POWPATH.CDM
LOAD SCSIHD.CDM
LOAD PEDGE.HAM SLOT=xxxxx
LOAD IDECD.CDM
LOAD IDEATA.HAM SLOT=xxxxx
LOAD QL2300.HAM SLOT=2 /LUNS /allpaths
LOAD QL2300.HAM SLOT=3 /LUNS /allpaths
LOAD KEYB.NLM United Kingdom
LOAD CHARSET.NLM CP850
This information was provided by a customer based on a recommendation from EMC.
Example STARTUP.NCF for server with EMC CLARiiON SAN:
LOAD ACPIDRV.PSM
LOAD SCSIHD.CDM
LOAD PEDGE.HAM SLOT=xxxxx
LOAD IDECD.CDM
LOAD IDEATA.HAM SLOT=xxxxx
LOAD POWPATH.CDM
LOAD QL2300.HAM SLOT=2 /LUNS /allpaths /portnames /qualified /LUNZERO
LOAD QL2300.HAM SLOT=3 /LUNS /allpaths /portnames /qualified /LUNZERO
LOAD KEYB.NLM United Kingdom
LOAD CHARSET.NLM CP850
This information was provided by a customer on the OES CoolSolutions website (http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/trench/15470.html)
note
The POWPATH.CDM driver should be loaded before the QL2300.HAM driver.
The first storage HAM driver should be the device being booted from.
Multiprocessor support (*.PSM) should be loaded before any device driver to avoid situation where some drivers are running in single- and some in multi-processor mode.
If in any doubt contact the hardware vendor.
document
| Document Title: | EMC SAN - Correct Driver Load Order in STARTUP.NCF |
| Document ID: | 10099619 |
| Solution ID: | NOVL104210 |
| Creation Date: | 09Nov2005 |
| Modified Date: | 09Nov2005 |
| Novell Product Class: | Netware |
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