HP NC373F PCI-E Multifunction 1000SX Gigabit Server Adapter - Manual (Page 17)

Installation and configuration 17
2. After the target disk is configured for iSCSI boot, complete the standard operating system installation
as prompted.
NFS install
1. Power on the iSCSI boot target 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 onto the target disk.
At the boot: prompt execute the following
boot: linux dd=nfs:<nfs ip>:/opt/hp/iboot_install/ddimages/<dd_img>
ks=nfs:<nfs ip>:/opt/hp/iboot_install/scripts/ks.cfg
For RHEL4 32-bit:
boot: linux dd=nfs:<nfs ip>:/opt/hp/iboot_install/ddimages/<dd_img>
ks=nfs:<nfs ip>:/opt/hp/iboot_install/scripts/ks.cfg
The driver diskette images are read from NFS and the iboot_install module is inserted automatically.
The iboot_install driver reads the option ROM data and connects to the target disk. Upon successful
connection to the target disk, the target disk mounts as /dev/sda, which makes it appear as a local
disk.
2. Follow the traditional operating system installation procedure and create partitions on /dev/sda. The
installation copies the packages to be installed from the NFS server. To automate the complete
install, refer to RedHat manuals for Kickstart installation details.
NOTE: If you have any local SCSI disks attached, then those will be listed first (as /dev/sda,
/dev/sdb…) and the iSCSI target disks will be listed last (for example, /dev/sdc). Ensure that
you choose the iSCSI target disk (/dev/sdc) for partitioning and not the local disk.
PXE install
If the system to be installed contains a network adapter card with Pre-Execution Environment (PXE)
support, then direct install over PXE is possible.
Execute the following command on the PXE server.
Setting up PXE
The following steps must be performed to prepare for a PXE installation:
1. Configure the NFS server to export the installation source.
2. Configure the TFTP server required for PXE booting.
3. Start or enable the TFTP service.
4. Configure DHCP.
These steps are not described in this guide. See your vendor's respective documentation for details.
5. Configure the NFS server to export the install diskette image of the iSCSI boot and configuration-
related code and utilities. See "NFS install (on page 17)."
6. Execute the following command on the PXE server.
# vi /tftpboot/linux-install/pxelinux.cfg/default
In this file add the following lines:
label <number>
kernel <path-to-OS-distro-dir>/images/pxeboot/vmlinuz