Configuring The Dhcp Server; Preparing The Iscsi Boot Image - Dell Broadcom NetXtreme Family of Adapters User Manual

iSCSI Protocol: Broadcom NetXtreme II Network Adapter User Guide
DHCPv6 Option 16, Vendor Class Option
DHCPv6 Option 17, Vendor-Specific Information
NOTE: The DHCPv6 standard Root Path option is not yet available. Broadcom suggests using Option 16 or Option 17
for dynamic iSCSI Boot IPv6 support.
DHCPv6 Option 16, Vendor Class Option
DHCPv6 Option 16 (vendor class option) must be present and must contain a string that matches your configured DHCP
Vendor ID parameter. The DHCP Vendor ID value is BRCM ISAN, as shown in General Parameters of the iSCSI Boot
Configuration menu.
The content of Option 16 should be <2-byte length> <DHCP Vendor ID>.
DHCPv6 Option 17, Vendor-Specific Information
DHCPv6 Option 17 (vendor-specific information) provides more configuration options to the iSCSI client. In this configuration,
three additional suboptions are provided that assign the initiator IQN to the iSCSI boot client along with two iSCSI target
IQNs that can be used for booting.
The suboptions are listed below.
Table 4: DHCP Option 17 Suboption Definition
Suboption Definition
First iSCSI target information in the standard root path format
201
"iscsi:"[<servername>]":"<protocol>":"<port>":"<LUN>":"<targetname>"
203 iSCSI initiator IQN
NOTE: In Table 4, the brackets [ ] are required for the IPv6 addresses.
The content of option 17 should be <2-byte Option Number 201|202|203> <2-byte length> <data>.

Configuring the DHCP Server

Configure the DHCP server to support Option 16 and Option 17.
NOTE:
The format of DHCPv6 Option 16 and Option 17 are fully defined in RFC 3315.

Preparing the iSCSI Boot Image

Windows Server 2008 R2 and SP2 iSCSI Boot Setup
Linux iSCSI Boot Setup
Windows Server 2008 R2 and SP2 iSCSI Boot Setup
The Windows Server 2008 R2 and the Windows Server 2008 SP2 support booting as well as installing in either the offload or
non-offload paths.
The following procedure is to prepare to install and boot the Windows Server 2008 R2 and SP2 iSCSI Boot image in either the
offload or non-offload path. The procedure below references the Windows Server 2008 R2 but procedure is common to both
the Windows Server 2008 R2 and SP2.
CD/iso needed:
Windows 2K8 R2 x64 slipstreamed with KB974072
USB drive:
Place drivers on USB stick: evbd.sys, vbd.sys, ois.sys
Other Software Needed:
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