Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1602)

Boot Version 10.2 for NIC, iSCSI, FCoE, and RoCE Protocols User Manual P010097-01B Rev. A
9. Configuring and Managing the iSCSI Initiator with the iSCSISelect Utility
Viewing the Controller Properties
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Enabling IPv4 Boot Target Discovery using DHCP
To enable IPv4 boot target discovery using DHCP:
1. From the Controller Properties screen (Figure 9-4), select Discover IPv4 Boot
Target via DHCP and press <Enter>. A pop-up menu appears.
Figure 9-6 Controller Properties Screen with Discover IPv4 Boot Target via DHCP Pop-up Menu
2. Select Enabled or Disabled and press <Enter>.
3. To save your changes, select Save and press <Enter>.
Enabling the MPIO Port
MPIO support allows the initiator to log in dual sessions to the same target. In this way
I/O can be sent over either TCP/IP connection to the target. If one session fails another
session can continue processing I/O without interruption to the application. In iSCSI
target configuration, you have the option of setting dual network paths to a single boot
LUN.
Note: Although MPIO boot support allows the initiator to log into multiple sessions,
the iSCSI BIOS currently limits the number of sessions to two iSCSI sessions for
a single boot LUN.
You must follow these steps in this order to configure MPIO boot support for each
operating system.
1. Use the Emulex iSCSI configuration utility to configure the first path to a boot
target.
2. Complete normal operating system installation.
3. Install third-party MPIO software for your operating system.
4. Configure the second path to a single boot LUN through the Emulex iSCSI
configuration utility.