iSCSI Protocol: Broadcom NetXtreme II® Network Adapter User Guide
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NOTE: If iSCSI boot firmware is not programmed in the NetXtreme II network adapter, selecting
iSCSI Boot
Configuration
will not have any effect.
iSCSI Boot Configuration
Static iSCSI Boot Configuration
Dynamic iSCSI Boot Configuration
Static iSCSI Boot Configuration
In a static configuration, you must enter data for the system's IP address, the system's initiator IQN, and the target
parameters obtained in
Configuring the iSCSI Target
. For information on configuration options, see
Table 1
.
To configure the iSCSI boot parameters using static configuration
1. From the
General Parameters Menu
screen, set the following:
TCP/IP parameters via DHCP
: Disabled. (For IPv4.)
IP Autoconfiguration
: Disabled. (For IPv6, non-offload.)
iSCSI parameters via DHCP
: Disabled
CHAP Authentication
: Disabled
DHCP Vendor ID
: BRCM ISAN
Link Up Delay Time
: 0
Use TCP Timestamp
: Enabled (for some targets such as the Dell/EMC AX100i, it is necessary to enable
Use
TCP Timestamp
)
Target as First HDD
: Disabled
LUN Busy Retry Count
: 0
IP Version
: IPv6. (For IPv6, non-offload.)
HBA Boot Mode
: Disabled (
Note
: This parameter cannot be changed when the adapter is in Multi-Function
mode.)
2. Select
ESC
to return to the
Main
menu.
3. From the
Main
menu, select
Initiator Parameters
.
4. From the
Initiator Parameters
screen, type values for the following:
IP Address (unspecified IPv4 and IPv6 addresses should be "0.0.0.0" and "::", respectively
)
Subnet Mask Prefix
Default Gateway
Primary DNS
Secondary DNS
iSCSI Name (corresponds to the iSCSI initiator name to be used by the client system)
NOTE: Carefully enter the IP address. There is no error-checking performed against the IP address to check
for duplicates or incorrect segment/network assignment.
5. Select
ESC
to return to the
Main
menu.
6. From the
Main
menu, select
1st Target Parameters
.
NOTE: For the initial setup, configuring a second target is not supported.
7. From the
1st Target Parameters
screen, enable
Connect
to connect to the iSCSI target. Type values for the
following using the values used when configuring the iSCSI target:
IP Address
TCP Port
Boot LUN
iSCSI Name
