Difficulty with SAN boot of solaris 10 (on V245) from HP EVA 4000 -

Hi
This is my first post. I'm trying to get my head around what's preventing me booting a V245 solaris 10 from a LUN presented from an HP EVA 4000.
The machine boots up ok from a local disk. So, i've done the LUN masking (presentation) on the EVA and the Brocade zoning - solaris can see the disk.
I've formated it close to the current internal root disk, and had used ufsdump/ufsrestore and installboot to copy the contents of / onto the new LUN , which i had mounted as /mnt.
My problem is i just can't seem to get at the new disk at the ok prompt - i'm never quite sure that i'm booting from the correct disk.
I believe all the compatibility with o/s qlc card drivers and the EVA are in order.
The qlc HBA is as follows:
Sun SG-XPCI2FC-QF2/x6768A 1077 2312 1077 10A and have suitable patch 119139-33
Here's some output:
root@bwdnbtsl02# uname -a
SunOS bwdnbtsl02 5.10 Generic_137111-01 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-V245
root@bwdnbtsl02#
root@bwdnbtsl02# luxadm probe
No Network Array enclosures found in /dev/es
Found Fibre Channel device(s):
Node WWN:50001fe15009df00 Device Type:Disk device
Logical Path:/dev/rdsk/c4t600508B4001066A60000C00002B50000d0s2
root@bwdnbtsl02#
Now down at ok prompt, probe-scsi-all can see the EVA (HSV) LUNS
(Here's a sample of the output)
ok probe-scsi-all
/pci@1f,700000/pci@0/SUNW,qlc@2,1
************************* Fabric Attached Devices ************************
Adapter portId - 640100
Device PortId 640000 DeviceId 1 WWPN 210000e08b8a3e4f
Device PortId dc0000 DeviceId 2 WWPN 50001fe15009df09
Lun 0 HP HSV200 6220
Lun 1 DISK HP HSV200 6220
Device PortId d20000 DeviceId 3 WWPN 50001fe150092f19
Lun 0 HP HSV200 6220
/pci@1f,700000/pci@0/SUNW,qlc@2
************************* Fabric Attached Devices ************************
Adapter portId - 630100
Device PortId 630000 DeviceId 1 WWPN 210100e08baa3e4f
Device PortId 780000 DeviceId 2 WWPN 50001fe15009df08
Lun 0 HP HSV200 6220
Lun 1 DISK HP HSV200 6220
Device PortId 6e0000 DeviceId 3 WWPN 50001fe150092f18
Lun 0 HP HSV200 6220
So, i attempt to boot with the following:
ok boot /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0/disk@w50001fe15009df08,0:a
Boot device: /pci@1f,700000/pci@0/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0/disk@w50001fe15009df08,0:a File and args:
Can't read disk label.
Can't open disk label package
Can't open boot device
{1} ok
If anyone can put me straight here i'd be most grateful.
thanks john

hi,guys:
i am interesting in your question. i have never try it like your experience.
maybe the cause is drive . either the OS is running . the drive can load. or relation with the style of server .
i think you can try it like the following again.
when you install OS , you chocie EVA disk .
remeber . if the test is complete. you must tell me .
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