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GCONFIGURE iSCSI BOOT
ThisappendixdescribeshowtoconfigureaniSCSIbootdevice.ItappliestoanATCA‐4500,
ATCA‐4550,orATCA‐4555CPMwithaniSCSIstoragemoduleinstalledinthesameshelf.
TheseprocedureswerepreparedusinganAstuteCaspianR1100iSCSIstoragemodule.
DependingonthespecificiSCSImodule,thecommandsanddisplayedinformationmay
differfromwhatispresentedintheseprocedures.TheoperatingsystemtoinstallisRed
HatEnterpriseLinux5.464‐bit,orgreater.
System requirements and configuration
ThefollowingitemsarerecommendedforcompletingtheiSCSIbootprocedure.
•AproperlyconfigurediSCSItargetavailableontheCPMFabricnetwork
•OneormoreCPMs
•TwoATCA‐2210switchandcontrolmodules
•A14‐slotor16‐slotATCAshelf
•AbootableUSBDVDdrive
• InstallationmediaforRedHatEnterpriseLinuxversion5.464‐bit,orgreater
•APromentumsoftwareinstallationCDwiththelatestCPMRPMs
•Ashelfmanagementorheadsystemcapableofprovidingserialconnections
Implement iSCSI boot
TheseproceduresconfigureiSCSIbootfortheATCA‐4500,ATCA‐4550,orATCA‐4555.
Configure the CPM hardware and BIOS
1. OptionallyremoveallRTMsandAMCharddrives.
2. ConnectaterminaltotheCPMserialport.
3. ConnectaUSBDVDROMdrivetotheUSB0portontheCPM.
4. BoottheCPM.EntertheBIOSbypressingF2whenprompted.
5. IntheBIOSAdvancedmenu,setLaunchNetworkOpROMtoiSCSI.
6. IntheIPMImenu,setthesewatchdogoptionstoDisable:
•POSTWatchdog
•O/SWatchdogTimer
7. SelectSavechangesandreset.