Server won't boot after adding luns

Question

Hey everyone, I've got a new ibm 3650 server running windows 2003 and after adding luns for this server and then rebooting, the server will not boot up from the local disk that has the OS installed.   As a test, i remove the server from the storage group and the server will then boot to windows.  Anyone have any idea what's happening?   I checked the configuration on the hba's and they are not setup to boot from the array.     The boot order has Hard disk 0 as the first device. Thanks for any insight you can provide.. Chris

dynamox · Accepted Answer

Start by rebooting the system and when you see the prompt to hit F1,  you hit the F1 key which takes you to the System Configuration and Boot  Management screen. Boot Manager should be an option on the left side, approximately the  fifth entry. Use your cursor keys to highlight it and hit the Enter key  which should take you to the Boot Manager screen. Highlight the Add Boot Option entry, around the first entry, and hit  Enter. Scroll down until you highlight Legacy Only and hit enter. Once you do that, the changes should require you to commit the  changes. Commit the changes. Go back to the Boot Manager screen. You should see an option to  Change Boot Order. Highlight that and hit the Enter key. On that screen, you should see your Legacy Only as the last option.  Highlight it and hit Enter. Use your cursor key to move that above Hard Disk 0. Make sure that  you hit the Commit key after you complete the move. Bring the system down, connect your fibre cables, and reboot. This  change should allow the system to boot to the local drives instead of  the SAN.

Phukon · Answer

Please refer to emc27276 and emc78208

hope it helps.

http://knowledgebase.emc.com/emcice/documentDisplay.do?docType=1006&clusterName=DefaultCluster&resultType=5002&groupId=1&page=&docProp=$solution_id&docPropValue=emc27276&passedTitle=null

http://knowledgebase.emc.com/emcice/documentDisplay.do?docType=1006&clusterName=DefaultCluster&resultType=5002&groupId=1&page=&docProp=$solution_id&docPropValue=emc78208&passedTitle=null

Regards,

Phukon.

dynamox · Answer

how do these articles apply to windows not being able to boot ?

Phukon · Answer

Hi

Chris,

Are you using VMware in your setup?

You have mentioned after removing server from the storage group it boot into windows so have you checked the Environment Variables under the System properties of windows?

Intrawest · Answer

That fixed it.

Did the server consider Hard disk 0 as a disk from the storage array? I haven't had to do this for any of our other ibm servers, or is this a new "feature"?

Thanks for your help Dynamox.

Chris

dynamox · Answer

Chris, something to do with new fancy BIOS,  Windows 2003 and below will have this issue, 2008 should be fine. http://www.uefi.org/about/

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