6–Boot from SAN Configuration
FCoE Boot from SAN
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6.
Burn a DVD containing the resulting driver ISO image file located in the
working directory.
7.
Install the Windows Server operating system using the new DVD.
Configuring FCoE Boot from SAN on Linux
FCoE boot from SAN configuration for Linux covers the following:
Prerequisites for Linux FCoE Boot from SAN
Configuring Linux FCoE Boot from SAN
Prerequisites for Linux FCoE Boot from SAN
The following are required for Linux FCoE boot from SAN to function correctly with
the Cavium FastLinQ 45000 10/25GbE Controller.
General
You no longer need to use the FCoE disk tabs in the Red Hat and SUSE installers
because the FCoE interfaces are not exposed from the network interface and are
automatically activated by the qedf driver.
SLES 11
The driver update disk is required because the necessary FCoE drivers are
not inbox.
The installer parameter
dud=1
is required to ensure that the installer will
ask for the driver update disk.
Do not use the installer parameter
withfcoe=1
because the software
FCoE will conflict with the hardware offload if network interfaces from qede
are exposed.
SLES 12
The driver update disk is required because the necessary drivers are not
inbox in SP 2 and earlier.
Driver update disk is recommended for SP 3 and later.
NOTE
Note the following regarding the operating system installation media:
The operating system installation media is expected to be a local
drive. Network paths for operating system installation media are
not supported.
The
slipstream.bat
script injects the driver components in all of
the SKUs that are supported by the operating system installation
media.