6–Boot from SAN Configuration
iSCSI Boot from SAN
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lists the DHCP Option 17 sub-options.
The format of Option 17 should be:
<2-byte Option Number 201|202|203> <2-byte length> <data>
Configuring vLANs for iSCSI Boot
iSCSI traffic on the network may be isolated in a Layer 2 vLAN to segregate it
from general traffic. If this is the case, make the iSCSI interface on the adapter a
member of that vLAN.
To configure vLAN for iSCSI boot:
1.
Go to the
iSCSI Boot Configuration Menu
for the port.
2.
Select
iSCSI Initiator Configuration
.
3.
Select
VLAN ID
to enter and set the vLAN value, as shown in
.
Table 6-5. DHCP Option 17 Sub-option Definitions
Sub-option
Definition
201
First iSCSI target information in the standard root path format:
"iscsi:"[<servername>]":"<protocol>":"<port>":"<LUN> ":
"<targetname>"
202
Second iSCSI target information in the standard root path format:
"iscsi:"[<servername>]":"<protocol>":"<port>":"<LUN> ":
"<targetname>"
203
iSCSI initiator IQN
Table Notes:
Brackets [ ] are required for the IPv6 addresses.
