Configuring The Iscsi Boot Parameters - Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters User Manual

Target IP address
Target TCP port number
Target LUN
Initiator IQN
CHAP ID and secret

Configuring the iSCSI Boot Parameters

Configure the Broadcom iSCSI boot software for either static or dynamic configuration. Refer to
options available from the General Parameters screen.
Table 1 lists parameters for both IPv4 and IPv6. Parameters specific to either IPv4 or IPv6 are noted.
NOTE: Availability of IPv6 iSCSI boot is platform/device dependent.
Table 1: Configuration Options
Option Description
TCP/IP
This option is specific to IPv4. Controls whether the iSCSI boot host software acquires the IP address
parameters via
information using DHCP (Enabled) or use a static IP configuration (Disabled).
DHCP
This option is specific to IPv6. Controls whether the iSCSI boot host software will configure a stateless
IP link-local address and/or stateful address if DHCPv6 is present and used (Enabled). Router Solicit packets
Autoconfiguration are sent out up to three times with 4 second intervals in between each retry. Or use a static IP
configuration (Disabled).
iSCSI Controls whether the iSCSI boot host software acquires its iSCSI target parameters using DHCP (Enabled)
parameters via or through a static configuration (Disabled). The static information is entered through the iSCSI Initiator
DHCP Parameters Configuration screen.
Controls whether the iSCSI boot host software uses CHAP authentication when connecting to the iSCSI
CHAP
target. If CHAP Authentication is enabled, the CHAP ID and CHAP Secret are entered through the iSCSI
Authentication
Initiator Parameters Configuration screen.
Controls whether the iSCSI boot host software attempts to boot from the iSCSI target after successfully
connecting to it. When the option is enabled, the iSCSI boot host software immediately attempts to boot
form the iSCSI target. If set to disabled, the iSCSI boot host software does not attempt to boot from the
Boot to iSCSI
iSCSI target and control returns to the system BIOS so that the next boot device may be used. The One
target
Time Disabled option is used when you want to do a remote install of the OS to an iSCSI target. As the
option is named, it is set to disable on the first boot, then changes to enabled on subsequent reboots to
indicate that iSCSI boots from the iSCSI target.
Controls how the iSCSI boot host software interprets the Vendor Class ID field used during DHCP. If the
Vendor Class ID field in the DHCP Offer packet matches the value in the field, the iSCSI boot host
DHCP Vendor ID
software looks into the DHCP Option 43 fields for the required iSCSI boot extensions. If DHCP is disabled,
this value does not need to be set.
Controls how long the iSCSI boot host software waits, in seconds, after an Ethernet link is established
Link Up Delay before sending any data over the network. The valid values are 0 to 255. As an example, a user may
Time need to set a value for this option if a network protocol, such as Spanning Tree, is enabled on the switch
interface to the client system.
Use TCP
Controls if the TCP Timestamp option is enabled or disabled.
Timestamp
Target as First
Allows specifying that the iSCSI target drive will appear as the first hard drive in the system.
HDD
LUN Busy Retry Controls the number of connection retries the iSCSI Boot initiator will attempt if the iSCSI target LUN is
Count busy.
This option specific to IPv6. Toggles between the IPv4 or IPv6 protocol. All IP settings will be lost when
IP Version
switching from one protocol version to another.
Windows HBA Set to disable when the host OS is configured for software initiator mode and to enable for HBA mode.
Boot Mode This option is available on NetXtreme adapters.
MBA Boot Protocol Configuration
To configure the boot protocol
Table 1 for configuration