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Installing iscsi boot, Red hat installations, Rh4 installations – HP NC373F PCI-E Multifunction 1000SX Gigabit Server Adapter User Manual

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Execute the following on the server with the option ROM.
ev -c

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To use the iLO interface to write the iSCSI boot path parameters to the target server for RH4 and
SLES9, install the linux-iscsi-install RPM on the install server (see "Installing the binary RPM ("NFS

install" on page 17, on page 22)") and execute the following command on the install server.
/opt/hp/iboot_install/utils/optrom/ibootcfg -I -s

address> -u -p
To use the iLO interface to write the iSCSI boot path parameters to the target server for RH 5 and

SLES 10, install the hp-iscsi-boot-.i386.rpm on the install server and execute the
following command on the install server.
/opt/hp/hp-iscsi-boot/utils/optrom/ibootcfg -I -s

address> -u -p

All command line arguments are required. The is the file created in the previous step.

Argument Description

-I

The name of the boot path input file.

-s

The IP address of the HP Integrated Lights Out management port from which to boot
the iSCSI target

-u

The username of the HP Integrated Lights Out management port from which to boot
the iSCSI target.

-p

The password for the user name of the HP Integrated Lights Out management port
from which to boot the iSCSI target.

For more information about the ibootcfg command, see the man page for ibootcfg(1) located on the
install server.

Installing iSCSI boot

Red Hat installations

RH4 installations

The following describes how to install Red Hat 4 on iSCSI boot targets.

Installing the binary RPM

To install the binary RPM for Red Hat Red Hat EL4 or SLES 9 enter the following command on the install

server:

# rpm -ihv //linux-iscsi-install..rpm

The following files are installed:

/opt/hp/iboot_install/scripts/configure.sh
/opt/hp/iboot_install/scripts/install_bnx2.sh
/opt/hp/iboot_install/scripts/install_iscsi.sh
/opt/hp/iboot_install/scripts/prep_iscsi_boot.sh
/opt/hp/iboot_install/scripts/setup_kernel_tree.sh
/opt/hp/iboot_install/scripts/ks.cfg