Users Guide

6–Boot from SAN Configuration
iSCSI Boot from SAN
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 Virtual LAN ID: (Optional) You can isolate iSCSI traffic on the network
in a Layer 2 vLAN to segregate it from general traffic.To segregate
traffic, make the iSCSI interface on the adapter a member of the
Layer 2 vLAN by setting this value.
Configuring the iSCSI Initiator
To set the iSCSI initiator parameters on Windows:
1. From the Main Configuration page, select iSCSI Configuration, and then
select iSCSI Initiator Parameters.
2. On the iSCSI Initiator Parameters page (see Figure 6-9 on page 78), select
the following parameters, and then type a value for each:
 IPv4* Address
 Subnet Mask
 IPv4* Default Gateway
 IPv4* Primary DNS
 IPv4* Secondary DNS
 Virtual LAN ID: (Optional) You can isolate iSCSI traffic on the network
in a Layer 2 vLAN to segregate it from general traffic.To segregate
traffic, make the iSCSI interface on the adapter a member of the
Layer 2 vLAN by setting this value.
 iSCSI Name. Corresponds to the iSCSI initiator name to be used by
the client system.
 CHAP ID
 CHAP Secret
3. Select iSCSI First Target Parameters (Figure 6-10 on page 79), and then
press ENTER.
NOTE
For the preceding items with asterisks (*), note the following:
 The label will change to IPv6 or IPv4 (default) based on the IP
version set on the iSCSI General Parameters page (see Figure 6-7
on page 75).
 Carefully enter the IP address. There is no error-checking
performed against the IP address to check for duplicates, incorrect
segment, or network assignment.