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Accelerated iSCSI application examples
Administrators can consolidate storage, enhance manageability, and enable iSCSI boot (also called ‗boot from SAN').
HP Accelerated iSCSI Licensing Pack for 1GbE network adapters
NC373F, NC373T, and NC382T option kits have always included Accelerated iSCSI as a standard feature. As of the
publication of this article, the DL385 G5p, DL385 G6, DL360 G6, and DL380 G6 ProLiant servers are shipping as ‖iSCSI
ready,‖ meaning that licensing for Accelerated iSCSI is no longer required on these platforms.
An Accelerated iSCSI Pack license is still required in older ProLiant servers with NC 370i, NC371i, and NC373i embedded
multifunction server adapters.
Users are required to download HP Accelerated iSCSI drivers for all compatible multifunction server adapters. Table 2-1
identifies the most current component packs for accelerated iSCSI drivers.
Table 2-1. Driver support for accelerated iSCSI
OS
Description
32 bit W2K3
HP NC-Series Broadcom 1Gb Multifunction Driver for Windows
Server 2003
64-bit W2K3
HP NC-Series Broadcom 1Gb Multifunction Driver for Windows
Server 2003 x64 Editions
32-bit W2K8
HP NC-Series Broadcom 1Gb Multifunction Driver for Windows
Server 2008
64-bit W2K8
HP NC-Series Broadcom 1Gb Multifunction Driver for Windows
Server 2008 x64 Editions
Linux
HP NC-Series Broadcom 1GbE & 10GbE Multifunction Drivers
for Linux
Linux
HP NC-Series iSCSI Offload Driver for Linux
Red Hat
HP NC-Series iSCSI Offload Initiator Utilities for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5
SLES
HP NC-Series iSCSI Offload Initiator Utilities for SLES10 SP1
SLES
HP NC-Series iSCSI Offload Initiator Utilities for SLES10 SP2
Should users want to download Softpaqs for iSCSI support, Table 2-2 identifies those Softpaqs.
Table 2-2. HP Accelerated iSCSI Softpaq
Description
HP ProLiant Networking Software
All firmware upgrades and complete Softpaqs can be downloaded from
Documents‖ and enter the product name/number.
Additional resources
For additional information on the topics discussed in this article, visit these resources:
HP iSCSI resources
HP network adapters
Current Softpaq
sp43831.exe
URL
http:www.hp.com/go/ProLiantNICs
Volume 8, Number 5
Current component packs
cp010384.exe v4.6.112.0
cp010385.exe v4.6.112.0
cp010693.exe v4.6.112.0 B
cp010694.exe v4.6.112.0 B
netxtreme2-4.8.22-1.src.rpm
bnx2i-1.6.2-1.src.rpm
iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.868-0.18b.src.rpm
SLES 10 SP1 - open-iscsi-2.0.707-
0.25b.src.rpm
SLES 10 SP2 - open-iscsi-2.0.707-
0.44e.src.rpm
http:www.hp.com/go/ProLiantNICs
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