Cavium FastLinQ 45000 Series, User Manual

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6–Boot from SAN Configuration
iSCSI Boot from SAN
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 Cavium recommends that you disable the Integrated RAID Controller.
Selecting the Preferred iSCSI Boot Mode
To select the iSCSI boot mode on Windows:
1. On the NIC Partitioning Configuration page for a selected partition, set the
iSCSI Offload Mode to Enabled .
2. On the NIC Configuration page, set the Boot Protocol option to UEFI iSCSI
HBA .
Configuring iSCSI General Parameters
Configure the QLogic iSCSI boot software for either static or dynamic
configuration. For configuration options available from the General Parameters
window, see
Table 6-2 on page 70 , which lists parameters for both IPv4 and IPv6.
To set the iSCSI general parameters on Windows:
1. From the Main Configuration page, select iSCSI Configuration , and then
select iSCSI General Configuration .
2. On the iSCSI General Configuration page (see Figure 6-11 on page 69 ),
press the DOWN ARROW key to select a parameter, and then press the
ENTER key to input the following values (see
Table 6-2 on page 70 provides
descriptions of these parameters):
 TCP/IP Parameters via DHCP : Disabled (for static iSCSI boot), or
Enabled (for dynamic iSCSI boot)
 iSCSI Parameters via DHCP : Disabled
 CHAP Authentication : As required
 IP Version : As required (IPv4 or IPv6)
 Virtual LAN ID : (Optional) You can isolate iSCSI traffic on the network
in a Layer 2 vLAN to segregate it from general traffic.To segregate
traffic, make the iSCSI interface on the adapter a member of the
Layer 2 vLAN by setting this value.
Configuring the iSCSI Initiator
To set the iSCSI initiator parameters on Windows:
1. From the Main Configuration page, select iSCSI Configuration , and then
select iSCSI Initiator Configuration .
2. On the iSCSI Initiator Configuration page (see Figure 6-13 on page 72 ),
select the following parameters, and then type a value for each:
 IPv4* Address
 IPv4* Subnet Mask