Administrator Guide

20 : BIOS vs. UEFI | Doc ID 20444677 | June 2018
Figure 9 UEFI iSCSI boot Configuration (cont’d).
The parameters to be configured for an iSCSI logical device are:
• Interface: the network interface in system to be configured for PXE boot;
• Protocol: the Internet Protocol that will be used for PXE boot (IPv4 Vs IPv6);
• VLAN parameters: VLAN ID and Priority Virtual LAN if enabled;
• TCP parameters: Retry Count and Timeout to manage TCP handshake retries and timeout condition;
• iSCSI Initiator parameters: if set DHCP to Disabled, iSCSI initiator parameter fields (IP Address,
Subnet Mask and Gateway) will need to be filled out;
• iSCSI Target parameters: if set Target info via DHCP to Disabled, iSCSI target parameter fields
(Target Name, IP Address, Port and Lun) will need to be filled out;
• ISID: set the initiator session identifier;
• Authentication parameters: CHAP Type, CHAP Name/Secret and Reverse CHAP Name/Secret fields
are used for authentication purposes.