iSCSI Protocol and Broadcom Boot Agent SoftwareNetXtreme User Guide
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14. After Windows 2012 boots to the OS, Broadcom recommends running the driver installer to complete the
Broadcom driver and application installation.
Linux iSCSI Boot Setup
Linux iSCSI boot is supported on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9, 7.1 and later and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
(SLES) 11 SP4, or SLES 12 SP2 and later.
1. For driver update, obtain the latest Broadcom Linux driver CD.
2. Configure the iSCSI Boot Parameters for DVD direct install to target by disabling the Boot from target option
on the network adapter.
3. Change the boot order as follows:
a. Boot from the network adapter.
b. Boot from the CD/DVD driver.
4. Reboot the system.
5. System will connect to iSCSI target, then will boot from CD/DVD drive.
6. Follow the corresponding OS instructions.
a. RHEL 6.9 — Type “linux dd” at “boot:” prompt and press enter
b. SuSE 11.X — Choose installation and type withiscsi=1 netsetup=1 at the boot option. If driver update
is desired, choose YES for the F6 driver option.
7. If driver update is desired, follow the instructions to load the driver CD; otherwise skip this step.
8. At the “networking device” prompt, choose the desired network adapter port and press OK.
9. At “configure TCP/IP prompt”, configure the way the system acquire IP address and press OK.
10. If static IP was chosen, you need to enter IP information for iscsi initiator.
11. (RHEL) Choose to “skip” media testing.
12. Continue installation as desired. A drive will be available at this point. After file copying is done, remove CD/
DVD and reboot the system.
13. When the system reboots, enable “boot from target” in iSCSI Boot Parameters and continue with installation
until it is done.
At this stage, the initial installation phase is complete. The rest of the procedure pertains to creating a new
customized initrd for any new components update:
14. Update iscsi initiator if desired. You will first need to remove the existing initiator using rpm -e.
15. Make sure all runlevels of network service are on:
chkconfig network on
16. Make sure 2,3 and 5 runlevels of iscsi service are on.
chkconfig -level 235 iscsi on
17. For Red Hat 6.0, make sure Network Manager service is stopped and disabled.
18. Install iscsiuio if desired (not required for SuSE 10).
19. Install linux-nx2 package if desired.
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