发明名称 |
Apparatus, system, and method for booting using an external disk through a virtual SCSI connection |
摘要 |
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for booting a Logical Partition using an external storage device. The method creates a virtual SCSI device assigned to a first logical partition ("LPAR") of a first computer using a virtual I/O server by mapping a LUN of a storage volume to a SCSI ID. The storage volume is located external to the first computer and the first LPAR is configured to share one or more physical processors and one or more physical I/O devices of the first computer with a plurality of LPARs. The method receives a boot request to boot the first LPAR. The boot request identifies the storage volume as a boot device using the SCSI ID of the virtual SCSI device. The method retrieves boot data from the storage volume using a SCSI driver of the first LPAR and boots the first LPAR using the boot data.
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申请公布号 |
US7624262(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2009.11.24 |
申请号 |
US20060613549 |
申请日期 |
2006.12.20 |
申请人 |
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION |
发明人 |
DIEP CATHERINE CUONG;HALL, JR. HAROLD HERSHEY;MCWHERTER WILLIAM HUGH;YOGALINGAM VELNAMBI |
分类号 |
G06F15/177 |
主分类号 |
G06F15/177 |
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