Dell Intel PRO Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 17)

Crash Dump Support
To ensure a full memory dump,
Set the page file size equal to or greater than the amount of RAM installed on your system necessary for a full memory
dump.
Ensure that the amount of free space on your hard disk is able to handle the amount of RAM installed on your system.
A full memory dump may not be created if these requirements are not met.
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Server 2012
Crash dump file generation is supported for iSCSI-booted Windows Server 2008 x86/x64 or Server 2012 x86/x64 by the Intel
iSCSI Crash Dump Driver. A hot fix is available for crash dump file generation using Intel 10 Gigabit Ethernet at:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/970312 .
NOTE: This hot fix is not necessary for Intel 1 Gigabit Ethernet.
To set up crash dump support, follow these steps:
1. Set up Windows iSCSI Boot as described in earlier documentation.
2. Install Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager by Autorun from the Intel Network Driver CD if this has not yet been
done.
3. Open Intel PROSet for Windows Device Manager and select the Boot Options Tab.
4. From Settings select ISCSI Remote Boot Crash Dump and the Value Enabled and click OK.
Platforms Booted by uEFI iSCSI Native Initiator
Starting with version 2.2.0.0, the iSCSI crash dump driver gained the ability to support platforms booted using the native uEFI
iSCSI initiator over supported Intel Network Adapters. This support is available on Windows Server 2008 or later and only on
64-bit architecture. Any hot fixes listed in Crash Dump Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 must also be applied.
Since network adapters on uEFI platforms may not provide legacy iSCSI option rom, the boot options tab in DMIX may not
provide the setting to enable the iSCSI crash dump driver. If this is the case, the following registry entry has to be created:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E97B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\
<InstanceID>\Parameters
DumpMiniport REG_SZ iscsdump.sys
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