PowerStore: UCS UEFI Boot From SAN Not Working As Expected

Summary: UCS Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot from SAN not working

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Symptoms

UEFI SAN boot LUN failed with host error message:
Verification failed: (0x1A) Security Violation
 
Screenshot of host error message

Cause

The PowerStore Disk.DiskMaxIOSize parameter is set to 1MB in the current code. The UEFI code sent out 2MB read I/Os, which PowerStore does not support, and I/Os failed.

Resolution

Workaround:
Use BIOS SAN boot instead of UEFI SAN boot.

Fix:
A future PowerStoreOS release is expected to contain support for a 4MB maximum I/O size.

Affected Products

PowerStore
Article Properties
Article Number: 000220023
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 07 Mar 2024
Version:  2
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