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.
