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Overview

iSCSI boot overview

The HP NC-Series Broadcom iSCSI boot feature allows a server to boot from a remote disk (known as the

iSCSI target) on a Storage Area Network (SAN) without having to directly attach a boot disk.

Booting from a remote disk on a SAN allows the boot process to be centralized and consolidates

equipment resources.

iSCSI boot allows a Linux system with a standup, mezzanine, or embedded HP ProLiant Gigabit Ethernet

Multifunction server adapter to start up from a remote storage device. All iSCSI commands are handled

by the Linux operating system.

The following diagram depicts an iSCSI boot implementation.

System requirements

The following software and hardware support HP iSCSI boot implementations.

Supported operating systems

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ES/AS for x86 (Update 2)

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ES/AS for x86_64 (Update 2)

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86 (SP1, SP2)

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86_64 (SP1, SP2)

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