iSCSI Protocol and Broadcom Boot Agent SoftwareNetXtreme User Guide
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20. Install bibt package.
21. Remove ifcfg-eth*.
22. Reboot.
23. For SUSE 11.1, follow the remote DVD installation workaround shown below.
24. After the system reboots, log in, change to the /opt/bcm/bibt folder, and run iscsi_setup.sh script to create
the initrd image.
25. Copy the initrd image to the /boot folder.
26. Change the grub menu to point to the new initrd image.
27. To enable CHAP, you need to modify iscsid.conf (Red Hat only).
28. Reboot and change CHAP parameters if desired.
29. Continue booting into the iSCSI Boot image and select the image you created.
30. For IPv6, you can now change the IP address for both the initiator and the target to the desired IPv6 address
in the NVRAM configuration.
Booting
After that the system has been prepared for an iSCSI boot and the operating system is present on the iSCSI
target, the last step is to perform the actual boot. The system will boot to Windows or Linux over the network
and operate as if it were a local disk drive.
1. Reboot the server.
2. Select CTRL+S.
3. From the Main menu, select General Parameters and configure the Boot to iSCSI target option to
Enabled.
If CHAP authentication is needed, enable CHAP authentication after determining that booting is successful (see
Enabling CHAP Authentication).
Other iSCSI Boot Considerations
There are several other factors that should be considered when configuring a system for iSCSI boot.
Changing the Speed & Duplex Settings in Windows Environments
Booting via the NDIS path is supported. The Speed & Duplex settings can be changed using the BACS
management utility for iSCSI boot via the NDIS path.
Locally Administered Address
A user-defined MAC address assigned through the Locally Administered Address property of the Advanced
section of the BACS Configurations tab is not supported on iSCSI boot-enabled devices.
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