Booting - Qlogic FastLinQ 3400 Series User Manual

8–iSCSI Protocol
iSCSI Boot
where <path> is the drive and subfolder that you specified in
example:
slipstream.bat "c:\temp\Program Files 64\QLogic
Corporation\QDrivers
6. Burn a DVD containing the resulting driver ISO image file located in the
working directory.
7. Install the Windows Server operating system using the new DVD.

Booting

After that the system has been prepared for an iSCSI boot and the operating
system is present on the iSCSI target, the last step is to perform the actual boot.
The system will boot to Windows or Linux over the network and operate as if it
were a local disk drive.
1. Reboot the server.
2. Press CTRL+S.
3. To boot through an offload path, set the HBA Boot Mode to Enabled. To boot
through a non-offload path, set the HBA Boot Mode to Disabled. This
parameter cannot be changed when the adapter is in Multi-Function mode.
If CHAP authentication is needed, enable CHAP authentication after determining
that booting is successful (see
NOTE
 Operating system installation media is expected to be a local drive.
Network paths for operating system installation media are not
supported.
 The slipstream.bat script injects the driver components in all
the SKUs that are supported by the operating system installation
media.
"Enabling CHAP Authentication" on page
92
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