10–Configuring Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
FCoE Boot from SAN
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For 8400 Series Adapters, the FCoE boot devices must have a separate
vSwitch other than vSwitch0. This switch allows DHCP to assign the IP
address to the management network rather than to the FCoE boot device.
To create a vSwitch for the FCoE boot devices, add the boot device vmnics
in vSphere Client under
Networking
).
Figure 10-39. vSphere Client: Adding Boot Device
Configuring FCoE Boot from SAN on VMware
Each host must have access only to its own boot LUN—not to the boot LUNs of
other hosts. Use storage system software to ensure that the host accesses only
the designated LUNs.
NOTE
For ESXi 5.1, a VLAN ID change is available only for non-boot
devices.
