Bios Advanced Menu Iscsi Configuration Options - Oracle Exadata X5-2 Service Manual

BIOS Advanced Menu Selections
BIOS Advanced Menu iSCSI Configuration
Options
The following table describes the BIOS Advanced Menu iSCSI configuration options:
TABLE 28
Setup Options
iSCSI Initiator Name
Add an Attempt
iSCSI Attempt Name
iSCSI Mode
Internet Protocol
Connection Retry Count
Connection Establishing
Timeout
Configure ISID
218 Oracle Exadata Storage Server X5-2 High Capacity Service Manual • January 2018

BIOS Advanced Menu iSCSI Configuration Options

Options
NA (must be specified)
NA (must be specified)
Disabled/Enabled/Enabled
for MPIO
IP4/IP6/Autoconfigure
0 to 16
NA
Derived from the MAC
address
Defaults Description
None The worldwide unique
name of the iSCSI
Initiator. Only IQN format
is accepted.
None The readable name that
you assigned to this
attempt.
Disabled Set to Enabled for
multipath I/O (MPIO).
MPIO can boost the
performance of an
application by load
balancing traffic across
multiple ports.
IP4 Can be set to IP4, IP6,
or Autoconfigure. The
initiator IP address is
assigned by the system
to IP6. In Autoconfigure
mode, the iSCSI driver
attempts to connect to the
iSCSI target using the IPv4
stack. If this fails, then
the iSCSI driver attempt
to connect using the IPv6
stack.
0 The count range is 0 to
16. If set to 0, there are no
retries.
1,000 The timeout value
in milliseconds. The
minimum value is 100
milliseconds and the
maximum is 20 seconds.
The default value is The OUI-format ISID is
derived from the Mac 6 bytes. The default value
Address is derived from the MAC
address. Only the last 3
bytes are configurable.