Installing iscsi boot, Red hat installations, Rh4 installations – HP NC373F PCI-E Multifunction 1000SX Gigabit Server Adapter User Manual
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Execute the following on the server with the option ROM.
ev -c <evinput.txt
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To use the iLO interface to write the iSCSI boot path parameters to the target server for RH4 and
SLES9, install the linux-iscsi-install RPM on the install server (see "Installing the binary RPM ("NFS
install" on page 17, on page 22)") and execute the following command on the install server.
/opt/hp/iboot_install/utils/optrom/ibootcfg -I <input file> -s <iLO IP
address> -u <iLO username> -p <iLO password>
To use the iLO interface to write the iSCSI boot path parameters to the target server for RH 5 and
SLES 10, install the hp-iscsi-boot-<version>.i386.rpm on the install server and execute the
following command on the install server.
/opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/utils/optrom/ibootcfg -I <input file> -s <iLO IP
address> -u <iLO username> -p <iLO password>
All command line arguments are required. The <input file> is the file created in the previous step.
Argument Description
-I <input file>
The name of the boot path input file.
-s <iLO IP address>
The IP address of the HP Integrated Lights Out management port from which to boot
the iSCSI target
-u <iLO username>
The username of the HP Integrated Lights Out management port from which to boot
the iSCSI target.
-p <iLO password>
The password for the user name of the HP Integrated Lights Out management port
from which to boot the iSCSI target.
For more information about the ibootcfg command, see the man page for ibootcfg(1) located on the
install server.
Installing iSCSI boot
Red Hat installations
RH4 installations
The following describes how to install Red Hat 4 on iSCSI boot targets.
Installing the binary RPM
To install the binary RPM for Red Hat Red Hat EL4 or SLES 9 enter the following command on the install
server:
# rpm -ihv /<rpmpath>/linux-iscsi-install.<version>.rpm
The following files are installed:
/opt/hp/iboot_install/scripts/configure.sh
/opt/hp/iboot_install/scripts/install_bnx2.sh
/opt/hp/iboot_install/scripts/install_iscsi.sh
/opt/hp/iboot_install/scripts/prep_iscsi_boot.sh
/opt/hp/iboot_install/scripts/setup_kernel_tree.sh
/opt/hp/iboot_install/scripts/ks.cfg
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