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Instructions for Booting a New Host Using Intel NIC 63
Instructions for Booting a New Host
From an Operating System Image
using Intel Network Adapters
NOTE: NOTE: Use one of the methods listed in "Cloning" on page 19 or any
third-party software to install the operating system on the iSCSI LUN that you are
using for BFi before performing the following procedure.
Configuring the PowerVault MD3000i Storage Array
1
Perform the following procedure to manually register a host:
a
Open the P
owerVault Modular Disk Storage Manager
, and connect
to the PowerVault MD3000i storage array to be used by the host for
booting.
b
Select the
Configure
tab, and then click
Configure Host Access
(Manual)
.
c
In the
host
field, enter the host name, select the
host type
from the
drop down list, and then click
Next
.
d
In the
Selected iSCSI initiators
field, click the
New
button.
e
In the
iSCSI initiator name
field, enter the
iSCSI Qualified Name
(IQN) of the host initiator and leave the iSCSI Initiator label to the
default.
Fully qualified IQN format is
<iqn><yyyy-mm>.com<company
name>:<server name>
.
Example:
iqn.1984-04.com.dell:server-name
. Record the
IQN of the host initiator in the "Configuration Worksheet" on
page 77. The IQN of the host initiator is required to configure Intel
iSCSI boot BIOS.
f
Click
Add
and then click
Next
.