Users Guide

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5–Managing Marvell 578xx and 41000 Series Adapters
Configuring Port Boot Options
Doc. No. TD-000965 Rev. 1
January 21, 2021 Page 103 Copyright © 2021 Marvell
Configuring iSCSI Boot
This section describes how to set up the iSCSI boot configuration.
Configuring General Parameters
To configure the iSCSI general parameters:
1. In the QConvergeConsole system tree, select an adapter, and then select
the appropriate port.
2. In the content pane on the right, click Boot Configuration.
3. Click the iSCSI Boot button.
4. Under Configure General Parameters, complete the following:
a. Select the iSCSI Boot Enabled (offload) check box to enable the
iSCSI Boot offload mode, or clear the check box to disable it.
Note that this check box option is only available when Boot Mode is
set to Offload. Also, enabling iSCSI offload mode will set the MBA
Boot Protocol to None. This feature is only applicable to 41000
Series Adapters. The 578xx adapters do not support hardware iSCSI
boot on VMware.
b. For the Boot Mode, select Non-offload or Offload.
Note that selecting Non-offload sets the MBA Boot Protocol to iBFT.
Selecting Offload and enabling the iSCSI Boot (offload) sets the MBA
Boot Protocol to None. This feature is only applicable for 41000
Series Adapters. The 578xx adapters do not support hardware iSCSI
boot on VMware.
c. Select the TCP/IP Parameters via DHCP check box to enable the
TCP/IP parameters via DHCP, or clear the check box to disable it.
d. Select the iSCSI Parameters via DHCP check box to enable the
iSCSI parameters via DHCP, or clear the check box to disable it.
e. Select the CHAP Authentication check box to enable the CHAP
authentication, or clear the check box to disable it.
f. Select Enabled or Disabled in the Boot to iSCSI target* option. (not
applicable to 41000 Series Adapter).
g. Type the DHCP vendor ID in the DHCP Vendor ID box.
h. Set a value (from 0 to 255) in the Link Up Delay Time box.
i. Select the Use TCP Timestamp
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check box to enable the TCP time
stamp, or clear the check box to disable it.
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This option does not apply to 41000 Series Adapters.