Dell MD3000i Network Router User Manual


 
Instructions to Configure BFi for Intel NIC 23
4
Open the iSCSI Software Initiator GUI to ensure that there are no entries
in the Discovery tab or in the
Persistent Targets
tab.
5
Open the
Disk Management
console and verify the iSCSI LUN is
recognized.
6
Replicate the operating system boot image from the local hard drive to an
image then to the iSCSI LUN and then boot from the iSCSI LUN.
7
Disable the local hard drive and boot from the iSCSI LUN.
Additional Information
If you are using two NICs — one as primary and one as the secondary boot
NIC, ensure that they are configured to use separate subnets.
NIC teaming is not supported for iSCSI traffic on the host or on the
PowerVault MD3000i storage array.
After the host is configured to use BFi, you can configure additional paths
to other targets in the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator.
Do not
log in to ports that were configured in the iSCSI boot BIOS, these
logins are automatically performed through the NIC iSCSI boot firmware
table.