Users Guide

13–Fibre Channel Over Ethernet
FCoE Boot from SAN
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5. In the FCoE Configuration menu, select FCoE General Parameters.
The FCoE General Parameters menu appears (see Figure 13-9).
Figure 13-9. FCoE Boot Configuration Menu, FCoE General Parameters
6. In the FCoE General Parameters menu:
a. Select the desired Boot to FCoE Target mode (see One-Time
Disabled). For initial OS installation to a blank FCoE target LUN from a
CD/DVD-ROM or mounted bootable OS installation image, set Boot
from Target to One Time Disabled.
This setting prevents the system from booting from the configured
FCoE target after establishing a successful login and connection. This
setting reverts to Enabled after the next system reboot.
The Enabled setting allows the system to connect to an FCoE target
and attempt to boot from it.
The Disabled setting allows the system to connect to an FCoE target
and restricts it from booting from that device. Instead, it hands off the
boot vector to the next bootable device in the boot sequence.
b. Select the desired Target as First HDD mode.
This setting specifies that the selected FCoE target drive appears as
the first hard drive in the system.
c. Select the desired LUN Busy Retry Count value.
This value controls the number of connection retries the FCoE boot
initiator attempts if the FCoE target LUN is busy.
d. Select the desired Fabric Discovery Retry Count value.
This value controls the number of connection retries the FCoE Boot
initiator attempts if the FCoE Fabric is busy.