Users Guide

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User’s Guide—Converged Network Adapters
41xxx Series
Configuring FCoE Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Configuring iSCSI Boot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Configuring Partitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Partitioning for VMware ESXi 6.5 and ESXi 6.7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
6 Boot from SAN Configuration
iSCSI Boot from SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
iSCSI Out-of-Box and Inbox Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
iSCSI Preboot Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Setting the BIOS Boot Mode to UEFI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Enabling NPAR and the iSCSI HBA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Configuring the Storage Target. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Selecting the iSCSI UEFI Boot Protocol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Configuring iSCSI Boot Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Configuring the DHCP Server to Support iSCSI Boot . . . . . . . . 85
Configuring iSCSI Boot from SAN on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Selecting the Preferred iSCSI Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Configuring iSCSI General Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Configuring the iSCSI Initiator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Configuring the iSCSI Targets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Detecting the iSCSI LUN and Injecting the Marvell Drivers . . . . 92
Configuring iSCSI Boot from SAN on Linux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Configuring iSCSI Boot from SAN for RHEL 7.5 and Later . . . . 95
Configuring iSCSI Boot from SAN for SLES 12 SP3 and Later . 97
Configuring iSCSI Boot from SAN for Other Linux Distributions. 97
Configuring iSCSI Boot from SAN on VMware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Setting the UEFI Main Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Configuring the System BIOS for iSCSI Boot (L2) . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Mapping the CD or DVD for OS Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
FCoE Boot from SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
FCoE Out-of-Box and Inbox Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
FCoE Preboot Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Specifying the BIOS Boot Protocol. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Configuring Adapter UEFI Boot Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Configuring FCoE Boot from SAN on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016 FCoE Boot Installation . . . 120
Configuring FCoE on Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
FCoE Crash Dump on Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121