Iscsi Protocol; Iscsi Boot; Supported Operating Systems For Iscsi Boot - Qlogic 8400 Series User Manual

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iSCSI Protocol

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iSCSI Boot

QLogic 8400/3400 Series Gigabit Ethernet adapters support iSCSI boot to enable
network boot of operating systems to diskless systems. iSCSI boot allows a
Windows, Linux, or VMware operating system boot from an iSCSI target machine
located remotely over a standard IP network.
For both Windows and Linux operating systems, iSCSI boot can be configured to
boot with two distinctive paths: non-offload (also known as Microsoft/Open-iSCSI
initiator) and offload (QLogic's offload iSCSI driver or HBA). Configuration of the
path is set with the HBA Boot Mode option located on the General Parameters
screen of the iSCSI Configuration utility. See
all General Parameters screen configuration options.

Supported Operating Systems for iSCSI Boot

The QLogic 8400/3400 Series Gigabit Ethernet adapters support iSCSI boot on
the following operating systems:
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iSCSI Boot
iSCSI Crash Dump
iSCSI Offload in Windows Server
iSCSI Offload in Linux Server
iSCSI Offload on VMware Server
Windows Server 2008 and later 32-bit and 64-bit (supports offload and
non-offload paths)
RHEL 5.5 and later, SLES 11.1 and later (supports offload and non-offload
paths)
SLES 10.x and SLES 11 (only supports non-offload path)
VMWare ESXi 5.0 and later (only support non-offload path)
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