1. System BIOS
Chapter 2 Convenient Features
For details about the options, see the table below.
Option
Parameter
Descriptions
iSCSI Attempt Name
Alphanumeric
characters (up to 96
characters)
Specify the Attempt name.
iSCSI Mode
[Disabled]
Enabled
Enabled for MPIO
Enable (with or without MPIO) or disable iSCSI.
In MPIO (iSCSI Multipath I/O), alternate data paths to iSCSI
storage can be provided and multiple Attempts can be
configured. If connection of any one of Attempt fails, an alternate
Attempt can be used for connection.
Connection Retry Count
Number (0 to 16)
Specify the number of retries at connection failure. Allowable
retry count is 0 to 16. 0 means that retry is not performed.
Factory setting is 0.
Connection Timeout
Number (100 to 20000) Specify connection timeout value in millisecond. Allowable value
is between 100 and 20000 milliseconds (20 seconds). The
factory setting is 1000 milliseconds.
ISID
Alphanumeric
characters (MAC
address format)
Specify ISID with 6-digit characters. Default setting is the value
of MAC address. Enter the value for lower 3 bytes among 6
bytes.
Enable DHCP
[Disabled]
Enabled
Enable or disable DHCP.
Initiator IP Address
Number (IP address
format)
Specify IP address of iSCSI Initiator.
(Example: 192.168.1.1)
Initiator Subnet Mask
Number (IP address
format)
Specify subnet mask of Initiator.
(Example: 255.255.255.0)
Gateway
Number (IP address
format)
Specify gateway IP address.
(Example: 192.168.1.254)
Target info via DHCP
[Disabled]
Enabled
Enable or disable to acquire information of iSCSI target through
DHCP, if DHCP is enabled.
Target Name
Alphanumeric
characters
When
Target info via DHCP
is disabled, specify the name of
iSCSI target with IQN format.
(Example: iqn.2001-03.jp.nec:target)
Target IP Address
Number (IP address
format)
Specify the IP address of iSCSI target.
Target Port
Number
Specify the port number of iSCSI target. The factory setting is
"3260".
Boot LUN
Number (character
string between 1 to 20
characters)
Specify the LUN (Logical Unit Number) of iSCSI target. The
factory setting is "0".
Authentication Type
[CHAP]
None
Specify authentication type for iSCSI connection.
CHAP Type
[One way]
Mutual
Specify the authentication type when CHAP is selected for
authentication of iSCSI connection.
One way
: Only iSCSI target authenticates iSCSI Initiator.
Mutual
: iSCSI target and iSCSI Initiator authenticate each other.
CHAP Name
Alphanumeric
characters (up to 16
characters)
Specify CHAP Name that the target authenticates.
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