Users Guide
10–iSCSI Protocol
iSCSI Boot
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The content of Option 16 should be <2-byte length> <DHCP Vendor ID>.
DHCPv6 Option 17, Vendor-Specific Information
DHCPv6 Option 17 (vendor-specific information) provides more configuration 
options to the iSCSI client. In this configuration, three additional suboptions are 
provided that assign the initiator IQN to the iSCSI boot client along with two iSCSI 
target IQNs that can be used for booting.
Table 10-4 lists the suboption.
The content of option 17 should be <2-byte Option Number 201|202|203> 
<2-byte length> <data>.
Configuring the DHCP Server
Configure the DHCP server to support Option 16 and Option 17.
Preparing the iSCSI Boot Image
 Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, and 2016 iSCSI Boot Setup 
 Linux iSCSI Boot Setup 
 SUSE 11.1 Remote DVD Installation Workaround
 Removing Inbox Drivers from Windows OS Image
 Injecting (Slipstreaming) Marvell Drivers into Windows Image Files 
Table 10-4. DHCP Option 17 Suboption Definition
Suboption Definition
201 First iSCSI target information in the standard root path format 
"iscsi:"[<servername>]":"<protocol>":"<port>":
"<LUN>":"<targetname>"
NOTE
In Table 10-4, the brackets [ ] are required for the IPv6 addresses.
NOTE
The format of DHCPv6 Option 16 and Option 17 are fully defined in 
RFC 3315.










