Dell Microsoft Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003 (PowerVault NX 1950) User Manual

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Configuring DELL PowerEdge
11G Servers Running
Windows Server 2008 for
iSCSI SAN Boot
A Dell Technical White Paper
Dell Product Group
Storage Interoperability Engineering Team
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Page 1 - Windows Server 2008 for

Configuring DELL PowerEdge 11G Servers Running Windows Server 2008 for iSCSI SAN Boot A Dell Technical White Paper Dell │ Product Group St

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays Create a Virtual Disk and Assign It to the Host A fully-configured Disk Group is requ

Page 3 - Table of Contents

Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays Record IQN and iSCSI Host IP Addresses Using MDSM, complete the following steps: 1.

Page 4 - Introduction

Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 2. Adjust the boot sequence order so that the onboard Broadcom NIC is first in the

Page 5 - Process Overview

Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays Internal SD Card Port Off (Prevents a conflict during the Windows 2008 installation

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 2. Make sure the Boot Protocol is set to iSCSI, and leave all other settings at the

Page 7 - Before You Begin

Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 3. Select the interface whose MAC address matches the one selected during BIOS Setup

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 5. Under General Parameters, ensure that all settings match the following screenshot

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 7. Under Initiator Parameters, enter the following information: IP Address: <ho

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 8. Press <ESC> once to return to the Main Menu; then select 1st Target Paramet

Page 11 - Configuring Network Adapters

Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 10. Press <ESC> once to return to the Main Menu. Ensure that there is no info

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays THIS WHITE PAPER IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY, AND MAY CONTAIN

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 4. Change to the directory containing the Boot Agent, and run IBAUtil.exe -fe to ena

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays Configure Integrated Devices in Server BIOS Make the following changes to ensure that

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays Set iSCSI Boot Configuration on the NIC The following process will complete the NIC c

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 3. Select iSCSI Boot Configuration: 4. Enter the Initiator Name, the Target Name,

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 5. Select Save changes and Exit to return to the main MAC list, and then press P to

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays Installing Windows Server 2008 or 2008 R2 In this section, we provide steps to comple

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 9. Determine if the target LUN is available in the list of drives. If the target LUN

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays e. In the Virtual Memory section, cli

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 4. In the Integrated Devices menu, ensure that the desired additional NIC is set to

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 10. 10. Select the current primary adapter and press <Enter>: 11. In the Main

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays Page iii Table of Contents Introduction...

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 12. Press <Enter> to display a list of available secondary adapters, and then s

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 14. In the Main Menu, select General Parameters and then set the following parameters

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 16. Configure the following values for Initiator Parameters: • IP Address • Subnet

Page 27 - Path I/O)

Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 19. Press <ESC> to return to the Main Menu. Select Exit and Save Configuratio

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 8. In the Intel Boot banner, press <Ctrl-D> to enter the NIC option ROM: 9.

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 10. In the iSCSI Port Configuration menu, select iSCSI Boot Configuration: 11. Enter

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 12. Select Save changes and Exit to return to the main MAC list, and then press S to

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays Page 35 Troubleshooting If the iSCSI Boot BIOS fails to detect the iSCSI target, per

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays Introduction This document provides instructions for configuring Dell™ PowerEdge™ 11

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays Storage Array Dell EqualLogic PS Series • Process validated using array controller

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays Process for Direct Install for Windows 2008 Boot from iSCSI SAN Note:

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Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays Additional Considerations The iSCSI boot scenario we describe in this document corres

Page 36 - Windows Configuration

Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays 4. Download the latest Intel PRO or Broadcom NetXtreme drivers and firmware from the

Page 37 - Configuration Worksheet

Configuring Boot From SAN Using iSCSI-Based Dell Storage Arrays Configuring the PowerVault MD3000i Storage Array Perform the following steps to regis

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