Introduction; Hardware Requirements - Chelsio Communications Terminator Series Installation And User Manual

Chapter XXV. Unified Boot

Introduction

PXE is short for Preboot eXecution Environment and is used for booting computers over an
Ethernet network using a Network Interface Card (NIC). FCoE SAN boot process involves
installation of an operating system to an FC/FCoE disk and then booting from it. iSCSI SAN boot
process involves installation of an operating system to an iSCSI disk and then booting from it.
This section of the guide explains how to configure and use Chelsio Unified Boot Option ROM
which flashes PXE, iSCSI and FCoE Option ROM onto Chelsio's converged network adapters
(CNAs). It adds functionalities like PXE, FCoE and iSCSI SAN boot.
This section of the guide also describes the use and configuration of Chelsio's DUD for OS
installations via PXE server on FC/FCoE LUN and iSCSI LUN. This solution can be used for
installing operating systems over an Ethernet network/SAN using Chelsio's Terminator based
Converged Network adapters (CNAs).
1.1.

Hardware Requirements

Supported platforms
Following is the list of hardware platforms supported by Chelsio Unified Boot software:
Dell T5600
DELL PowerEdge 2950
DELL PowerEdge T110
DELL PowerEdge T710
DELL PowerEdge R220
DELL PowerEdge R720
IBM X3650 M2
IBM X3650 M4*
HP Proliant DL180 gen9
HP ProLiant DL385G2
Supermicro X7DWE
Supermicro X8DTE-F
Supermicro X8STE
Supermicro X8DT6
Supermicro X9SRL-F
Supermicro X9SRE-3F
Supermicro-X10DRi
ASUS P5KPL
ASUS P8Z68
Lenovo X3650 M5
Intel DQ57TM
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