Users Guide

10–iSCSI Protocol
iSCSI Boot
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Windows Server 2008 R2 and SP2 iSCSI Boot Setup
Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 SP2 support booting as well
as installing in either the offload or non-offload paths.
The following procedure prepares the image for installation and booting in either
the offload or non-offload path. The procedure references Windows Server 2008
R2, but is also common to Windows Server SP2.
Required CD or ISO image:
 Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 with the QLogic drivers injected (see
“Injecting (Slipstreaming) QLogic Drivers into Windows Image Files” on
page 104). Also refer to the Microsoft knowledge base topic KB974072 at
support.microsoft.com
.
Other software required:
 Bindview.exe (Windows Server 2008 R2 only; see KB976042)
To set up Windows Server 2008 R2 and SP2 iSCSI boot:
1. Remove any local hard drives on the system to be booted (the “remote
system”).
2. Load the latest QLogic MBA and iSCSI boot images onto NVRAM of the
adapter.
3. Configure the BIOS on the remote system to have the QLogic MBA as the
first bootable device, and the CD-ROM as the second device.
4. Configure the iSCSI target to allow a connection from the remote device.
Ensure that the target has sufficient disk space to hold the new OS
installation.
5. Boot up the remote system. When the Preboot Execution Environment
(PXE) banner appears, press the CTRL+S keys to enter the PXE menu.
6. At the PXE menu, set Boot Protocol to iSCSI.
7. Enter the iSCSI target parameters.
NOTE
 The Microsoft procedure injects only the 10GbE Virtual Bus Driver
(EVBD) and NDIS drivers. QLogic recommends that all drivers (EVBD,
VBD, BXND, OIS, FCoE, and NDIS) be injected.
 Refer to the silent.txt file for the specific driver installer application
for instructions on how to extract the individual Windows BCM57xx and
BCM57xxx drivers.