ISCSI Boot
NetXtreme-E User’s Manual
February 26, 2018 • NetXtreme-E-UG100
Page 53
To configure the iSCSI boot parameters using a dynamic configuration:
1.
From the
General Parameters
menu screen, set the following parameters:
•
TCP/IP parameters via DHCP – Enabled. (For IPv4.)
•
IP Autoconfiguration – Enabled. (For IPv6, non-offload.)
•
iSCSI parameters via DHCP – Enabled
•
CHAP Authentication – Disabled
•
DHCP Vendor ID – BRCM ISAN
•
Link Up Delay Time – 0
•
Use TCP Timestamp – Enabled (for some targets such as the Dell/EMC AX100i, it is necessary to
enable Use TCP Timestamp)
•
Target as First HDD – Disabled
•
LUN Busy Retry Count – 0
•
IP Version – IPv6. (For IPv6, non-offload.)
2.
Select
ESC
to return to the
Main
menu.
3.
Select
Exit
and
Save Configurations
.
Enabling CHAP Authentication
Ensure that CHAP authentication is enabled on the target.
To enable CHAP authentication:
1.
From the
General Parameters
screen, set
CHAP Authentication
to
Enabled
.
2.
From the
Initiator Parameters
screen, enter the parameters for the following:
•
CHAP ID (up to 128 bytes)
•
CHAP Secret (if authentication is required, and must be 12 characters in length or longer)
3.
Select
ESC
to return to the
Main
menu.
4.
From the
Main
menu, select the
1st Target Parameters
.
5.
From the
1st Target Parameters
screen, type values for the following using the values used when
configuring the iSCSI target:
•
CHAP ID (optional if two-way CHAP)
•
CHAP Secret (optional if two-way CHAP, and must be 12 characters in length or longer)
6.
Select
ESC
to return to the
Main
menu.
7.
Select
ESC
and select
Exit
and
Save Configuration
.
Note:
Information on the Initiator Parameters, and 1st Target Parameters screens are ignored and do
not need to be cleared.
