Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN Deploying Operating System on iSCSI & FCOE LUN This Dell Technical White Paper provides steps to explain the deployment of OS on iSCSI & FCoE LUN on the 12th generation servers of Dell.
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Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN Executive Summary This whitepaper gives the basics of Operating system deployment to an iSCSI LUN & FCoE LUN on the 12th generation servers of Dell.
Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN Table of Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 5 iSCSI Overview .............................................................................................................................................. 5 iSCSI–based SAN Architecture .........................................................................................
Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN Introduction This whitepaper describes installing, enabling, and configuring for Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI), and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) for universal converged network adapters (UCNAs). Boot from SAN is the process of booting a server directly from a disk operating system (DOS) image located on a storage area network (SAN).
Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN Flow Chart for OS Deployment Using iSCSI LUN
Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN
Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN Configuring iSCSI Boot Parameters for Qlogic and OS Installation By setting up a basic iSCSI boot configuration, you can configure your initiator, contact network devices, and set up an iSCSI boot target. When setting up a basic iSCSI boot configuration you must do the following: 1. Press F10 to open Lifecycle Controller. 2. In the left pane, click System Setup, and then click Advanced Hardware Configuration.
Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN 3. On the System Setup page, click Device Settings. 4. Select Qlogic adapter and configure the iSCSI initiator name and enable boot support.
Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN 5. 6. Restart the server. Boot to OS media, select iSCSI LUN during installation, and then complete the installation. Note: If there are multiple controllers in your system, your iSCSI Initiator name may be different for each controller. For other network cards, different adapter settings are present. Refer to the mentioned references. Intel and Broadcom: http://i.dell.
Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN FCoE Overview FCoE provides a method to transport Fibre Channel frames on top of an Ethernet infrastructure. In summary, unaltered Fibre Channel frames are encapsulated in an Ethernet header, sent over a lossless Ethernet fabric, and un‐encapsulated when they reach the target.
Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN Flow Chart Showing OS Deployment Using FCoE LUN
Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN
Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN Configuring FCoE Boot Parameters for Qlogic and OS Installation To support an FCoE boot process, a network adapter on the host must have a specially configured FCoE boot firmware. When you configure the firmware, you enable the adapter for the software FCoE boot and specify the boot LUN parameters. 1. Press F10 to open Lifecycle Controller.
Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN 2. In the left pane, click System Setup, and then click Advanced Hardware Configuration. 3. On the System Setup page, click Device Settings. 4.
Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN 5. 6. Restart the server. Boot to OS media and Select FCoE LUN during installation and complete the installation. For other network cards, different adapter settings are present. Refer the mentioned references. Intel: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20118779.aspx Bcom: http://en.community.dell.com/techcenter/extras/m/white_papers/20242976.aspx Emulex: http://www‐dl.emulex.
Deploying Operating System on iSCSI and FCOE LUN Abbreviations BIOS: Basic Input/Output System HII: Human Interface Infrastructure IP: Internet protocol iSCSI: Internet Small Computer System Interface FCoE: Fibre Channel over Ethernet LUN: Logical unit number RAID: redundant array of independent disks SAN: storage area network SCSI: Small Computer System Interface WWN: World Wide Name References http://i.dell.
