iSCSI Protocol and Broadcom Boot Agent SoftwareNetXtreme User Guide
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April 2017 • 2CS57XX-CDUM514-R Page 142
• iSCSI parameters via DHCP: Disabled
• CHAP Authentication: Disabled
• Boot to iSCSI target: Disabled
• DHCP Vendor ID: BRCM ISAN
• Link Up Delay Time: 0
• Use TCP Timestamp: Enabled (for some targets such as the Dell/EMC AX100i, it is necessary to
enable Use TCP Timestamp)
• Target as First HDD: Disabled
• LUN Busy Retry Count: 0
• IP Version: IPv6. (For IPv6)
2. Select ESC to return to the Main menu.
3. From the Main menu, select Initiator Parameters.
4. From the Initiator Parameters screen, type values for the following:
• IP Address (unspecified IPv4 and IPv6 addresses should be “0.0.0.0” and “::”, respectively)
• Subnet Mask Prefix
• Default Gateway
• Primary DNS
• Secondary DNS
• iSCSI Name (corresponds to the iSCSI initiator name to be used by the client system)
5. Select ESC to return to the Main menu.
6. From the Main menu, select 1st Target Parameters.
7. From the 1st Target Parameters screen, enable Connect to connect to the iSCSI target. Type values for
the following using the values used when configuring the iSCSI target:
• IP Address
•TCP Port
•Boot LUN
• iSCSI Name
8. Select ESC to return to the Main menu.
9. Select ESC and select Exit and Save Configuration.
10. Select F4 to save your MBA configuration.
Dynamic iSCSI Boot Configuration
Note: Carefully enter the IP address. There is no error-checking performed against the IP address to
check for duplicates or incorrect segment/network assignment.
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