HP NC373F PCI-E Multifunction 1000SX Gigabit Server Adapter User Manual
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iSCSI Boot target install method
The iSCSI target disks must be installed with one of the supported operating systems described in System
requirements. Targets can be installed using any of the following methods in conjunction with the
operating system distribution files:
•
Diskettes or USB devices
•
NFS network installs
•
PXE network installs
The iSCSI boot target drives are installed using the following sources: driver diskette images in the
/opt/hp/iboot_install/ddimages directory; the linux-iscsi-boot source RPM on the designated iSCSI boot
install server; and the operating system installation CD-ROMs.
After the installation completes, reboot the system for an iSCSI boot to occur.
Diskette or USB install
1.
Power on the server and insert disk one of the operating system installation CDs in the CD-ROM
drive. During POST review the iSCSI option ROM messages to ensure that the iSCSI boot option
ROM initialized successfully and is able to log in successfully onto the target disk.
2.
If you are using a local CDROM to install the operating system, execute the following at the boot
prompt:
boot: linux dd noprobe ks=floppy
If you are using USB or iLO virtual floppy drive OR you are installing RHEL4 32-bit then type the
following at the boot prompt:
boot: linux dd ks=hd:sda:/ks.cfg
3.
When prompted insert the Disk 1 driver diskette or USB device (containing the driver diskette images
you created in an earlier step) then select OK and press the Enter key. Note that if you are using a
USB or iLO virtual floppy, select sda from the list of devices then select OK and press the Enter key.
4.
When prompted select the manually choose option and press the Enter key.
5.
At the Select Device Driver to Load window, select the iBOOT_install driver (iboot_install) from the list
then press the Enter key. The driver name is located near the end of the list of drivers. The
iboot_install driver will read the option ROM data and connect to the target disk.
6.
Upon successful connection to the target disk, the target disk mounts as /dev/sda (or /dev/sdb if
using USB or an iLO virtual floppy drive), which makes it appear as a local disk. At the following
prompt, "Do you want to load another driver?" select No then press the Enter key.
7.
If there are no hard drives on your server, the following message appears "No hard drives have
been found. Would you like to select drivers now?" Select No then press the Enter key. If you have a
hard disk on the system, this message is not displayed.
8.
When prompted, create partitions on /dev/sda (or /dev/sdb if using a USB or iLO virtual floppy
drive) and proceed with the installation.
Post installation
When the installation completes, you are prompted to insert Disk 2 (linux-iscsi-boot diskette or USB device)
unless you modified the ks.cfg file to use NFS share.
1.
Insert Disk 2 then press the Enter key. If you are using the iLO Virtual Floppy, see Converting disks
for iLO Virtual Floppy setup (on page 15).