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171 Lifecycle Controller Integration Best Practices Guide
O Set all iSCSI boot configuration attributes
> Wait for both jobs to complete
> Wait for CSIOR to complete
O Since boot source changes only occur after reboot, they get detected only after CSIOR and refresh
 Check if NIC is primary bootable device in boot order.
 For Broadcom NICs
- Verify if NIC will boot first
> Get EnabledState of IPL entry for NIC FQDD in boot sources o Needs to be enabled, if not, need to do a BIOS job
> Get assigned sequence number
O If not first, need to ensure all preceding sources are disabled
O If other sources will boot before NIC FQDD, need to do a BIOS job
- If not enabled or a secondary device in boot order
> Create a BIOS job
O Set EnabledState for IPL entry of NIC FQDD to 1
O Set assigned sequence to 0 so that it boots first
> Create a NIC job
O Set all iSCSI boot configuration attributes
> Wait for both jobs to complete
> Wait for CSIOR to complete
O Since boot source changes only occur after reboot, they get detected only after CSIOR and refresh.
 iSCSI configuration settings
 For Broadcom
 IscsiViaDHCP = Disabled
 TcpViaDHCP = Disabled
 ConnectFirstTgt = Enabled
 IscsiInitiatorIpAddr = <IP of initiator>
 IscsiInitiatorSubnet = <Subnet mask for initiator>
 IscsiInitiatorGateway = <Gateway for initiator>
 IscsiInitiatorName = <Initiator name>
 IscsiTgtBoot = Enabled
 FirstHddTarget = Disabled
 FirstTgtIpAddress = <IP of target>
 FirstTgtIscsiName = <Target name>
 FirstTgtBootLun = <Target LUN>
 System should boot into iSCSI as needed
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