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3 BP1043 | Configuring Windows Server 2008 R2 for iSCSI SAN Boot with EqualLogic Storage
Table of contents
Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
Feedback ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Executive summary .......................................................................................................................................................................... 5
1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................................ 6
1.1 Objective........................................................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1.1 Audience ........................................................................................................................................................................... 7
1.1.2 Scope ................................................................................................................................................................................ 7
1.2 Terminology ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
2 Process overview ....................................................................................................................................................................... 9
2.1 Before you begin ........................................................................................................................................................... 10
2.2 Additional considerations ............................................................................................................................................ 10
2.3 Restrictions for Broadcom adapter drivers................................................................................................................ 11
3 Extracting drivers for a Windows 2008 R2 installation ..................................................................................................... 12
3.1 Extracting Intel NIC drivers (Optional)....................................................................................................................... 12
3.2 Extracting QLogic NIC drivers (Optional) ................................................................................................................. 12
3.3 Extracting Broadcom NIC drivers (Optional) ........................................................................................................... 13
4 Configuring the Dell EqualLogic Storage System .............................................................................................................. 14
5 Preparing Intel Network Adapters for iSCSI boot .............................................................................................................. 17
6 Configure Dell PowerEdge servers for iSCSI boot ............................................................................................................. 20
6.1 Preparing 11G PowerEdge servers to use a Network card for iSCSI boot .......................................................... 20
6.2 Preparing the 12G PowerEdge server to use a Network card for iSCSI boot .................................................... 21
7 Configure Network Adapters for PowerEdge Servers ....................................................................................................... 23
7.1 Configuring Intel Network Adapters for iSCSI boot ................................................................................................ 23
7.2 Configuring Qlogic network adapter for iSCSI boot .............................................................................................. 25
7.3 Configuring the Broadcom network adapter for iSCSI boot ................................................................................ 28
7.4 Alternate method to configure network adapters for iSCSI boot (12G servers only) ....................................... 31
8 Installing Windows on the iSCSI volume ............................................................................................................................. 33
9 Post Windows 2008 R2 OS installation steps ..................................................................................................................... 35
9.1 Installing Hotfixes .......................................................................................................................................................... 35
9.1.1 Hotfix KB976042 ........................................................................................................................................................... 35
9.1.2 Hotfix KB2727330 ......................................................................................................................................................... 35