1. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium having: computer usable program code executable to perform operations to configure a storage server despite an out-of-service storage adapter, the operations of the computer program product comprising: retrieving configuration metadata from a storage array to a first storage server via a first storage adapter during a system initialization sequence for the first storage server, wherein the configuration metadata is essential to storing data to, and retrieving data from, the storage array; communicating the configuration metadata to a second storage server, the second storage server connected to the storage array via a second storage adapter; and facilitating storage communications between the second storage server and the storage array via the first storage adapter in response to an out-of-service status for the second storage adapter.