Issue 11
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Solarflare Server Adapter
User Guide
Use DHCP for Initiator
is selected as default. This instructs the adapter to use a DHCP server to
obtain the relevant details to configure the Solarflare Boot ROM iSCSI initiator. See
. If you are not using DHCP, press enter and add the following details:
IP address
: IP address of the Solarflare adapter to use at boot time.
Netmask
: IP address subnet mask.
Gateway
: Network gateway address. A gateway address may be required if the iSCSI target is
on a different subnet from the initiator.
Primary DNS
: Address of a primary DNS server.
Use DHCP initiator IQN
is selected as default. This instructs the adapter to obtain the iSCSI
initator IQN from the DHCP server via option 43.203 or if this is not available to construct an
iSCSI initator IQN from option 12. See
for more details
Initiator IQN
: The iSCSI initiator IQN of the Solarflare adapter if you are not using DHCP to
obtain the iSCSI initiator IQN.
DHCP Vendor Class ID:
If you are using DHCP to obtain the iSCSI initiator IQN, the adapter
will use DHCP option 43 to try and obtain this information from the DHCP server. DHCP
option 43 is described as “vendor specific information” and requires that the vendor id
(DHCP option 60) configured at the DHCP server matches the vendor id configured in the
Boot ROM. See
DHCP Option 60, Vendor ID on page 357
for more details. Solarflare strongly
recommend leaving this setting as “SFCgPXE”.
Press
Esc
to return to the Adapter Menu.
4
Highlight
iSCSI Target
and press
Enter
.
By default, the adapter uses DHCP to obtain details about the iSCSI target. See
for details of how to enter this information into your DHCP server. If you
are not using DHCP, press Enter and enter the following details:
Target IQN
: Name of the iSCSI Target. The format of this is usually IQN or EUI: refer to your
iSCSI Target documentation for details of how to configure this setting.
Target Server
: IP address or DNS name of the target server.