HP Virtual Connect 8Gb 20-port Fibre Channel Module for c-Class BladeSystem - Manual (Page 171)

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It is not possible to enable both SAN boot (FC or FCoE) and iSCSI boot in a server profile at the same time.
The priority is given to the first connection that is enabled, which might be FC/FCoE or iSCSI.
Be sure that your Ethernet adapter, operating system, and device drivers support iSCSI boot.
An iSCSI connection cannot be assigned to multiple networks.
The following steps provide an overview of the procedure to enable iSCSI boot:
1. Create iSCSI connections on the Profile page.
2. Enable boot on those connections by choosing Primary and optionally Secondary under Boot Setting.
3. Enter all iSCSI boot parameters for the primary and secondary connections. It is possible (and likely)
that most or all the parameters associated with primary and secondary connections are the same.
4. Apply the Profile.
The iSCSI offload takes place even if the boot is enabled. Offload is pre-requisite to configuring boot. To
enable iSCSI offload without iSCSI boot, select Disabled in the Boot Setting column of the iSCSI HBA
Connections section.
iSCSI and FCoE port assignments
The following figure shows the port configuration for the Ethernet adapter on a server blade.
To see how VC displays this mapping, see "Server Bay Status screen (on page 265 )." In the FlexNIC column,
Port 1 of the Ethernet adapter shows four line items:
• LOM:1-a
• LOM:1-b
• LOM:1-c
• LOM:1-d
Gen8 server blades also include a number indicating the LOM:
• LOM1:1-a
• LOM1:1-b
• LOM1:1-c
• LOM1:1-d
Port 3 of the Ethernet adapter lists Port 1 of Mezzanine 1 as follows:
• MZ1:1-a
• MZ1:1-b