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Accelerated iSCSI application examples

Administrators can consolidate storage, enhance manageability, and enable iSCSI boot (also called ‗boot from SAN‘).

HP Accelerated iSCSI Licensing Pack for 1GbE network adapters

NC373F, NC373T, and NC382T option kits have always included Accelerated iSCSI as a standard feature. As of the

publication of this article, the DL385 G5p, DL385 G6, DL360 G6, and DL380 G6 ProLiant servers are shipping as ‖iSCSI

ready,‖ meaning that licensing for Accelerated iSCSI is no longer required on these platforms.

An Accelerated iSCSI Pack license is still required in older ProLiant servers with NC 370i, NC371i, and NC373i embedded

multifunction server adapters.

Users are required to download HP Accelerated iSCSI drivers for all compatible multifunction server adapters. Table 2-1

identifies the most current component packs for accelerated iSCSI drivers.

Table 2-1. Driver support for accelerated iSCSI

Description

Current component packs

32 bit W2K3

HP NC-Series Broadcom 1Gb Multifunction Driver for Windows

Server 2003

cp010384.exe v4.6.112.0

64-bit W2K3

HP NC-Series Broadcom 1Gb Multifunction Driver for Windows

Server 2003 x64 Editions

cp010385.exe v4.6.112.0

32-bit W2K8

HP NC-Series Broadcom 1Gb Multifunction Driver for Windows

Server 2008

cp010693.exe v4.6.112.0 B

64-bit W2K8

HP NC-Series Broadcom 1Gb Multifunction Driver for Windows

Server 2008 x64 Editions

cp010694.exe v4.6.112.0 B

Linux

HP NC-Series Broadcom 1GbE & 10GbE Multifunction Drivers

for Linux

netxtreme2-4.8.22-1.src.rpm

Linux

HP NC-Series iSCSI Offload Driver for Linux

bnx2i-1.6.2-1.src.rpm

Red Hat

HP NC-Series iSCSI Offload Initiator Utilities for Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 5

iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.868-0.18b.src.rpm

SLES

HP NC-Series iSCSI Offload Initiator Utilities for SLES10 SP1

SLES 10 SP1 - open-iscsi-2.0.707-

0.25b.src.rpm

SLES

HP NC-Series iSCSI Offload Initiator Utilities for SLES10 SP2

SLES 10 SP2 - open-iscsi-2.0.707-

0.44e.src.rpm

Should users want to download Softpaqs for iSCSI support, Table 2-2 identifies those Softpaqs.

Table 2-2. HP Accelerated iSCSI Softpaq

Description

Current Softpaq

HP ProLiant Networking Software

sp43831.exe

All firmware upgrades and complete Softpaqs can be downloaded from http:www.hp.com/go/ProLiantNICs. Select ―Support and

Documents‖ and enter the product name/number.

Additional resources

For additional information on the topics discussed in this article, visit these resources:

HP iSCSI resources

URL

HP network adapters

http:www.hp.com/go/ProLiantNICs