HP NC373F PCI-E Multifunction 1000SX Gigabit Server Adapter - Manual (Page 29)

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iSCSI Boot target install method
The iSCSI target disks must be installed with one of the supported operating systems described in System
requirements. Targets can be installed using any of the following methods in conjunction with the
operating system distribution files:
• Diskettes or USB devices
• NFS network installs
• PXE network installs
The iSCSI boot target drives are installed using the following sources: driver diskette images in the
/opt/hp/iboot_install/ddimages directory; the linux-iscsi-boot source RPM on the designated iSCSI boot
install server; and the operating system installation CD-ROMs.
After the installation completes, reboot the system for an iSCSI boot to occur.
Diskette or USB install
Skip this section if you are doing a network installation, such as PXE or NFS.
Installing targets using a diskette or USB device
1. Power on the server with the first OS installation CD in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Immediately review the iSCSI option ROM messages during POST to confirm that the Option ROM
initialized successfully and is able to login onto the target disk.
3. If you are using the local CD-ROM for the installation, then select Installation at the first screen and
pass the following boot options:
autoyast=floppy:///scripts/autoinst.xml
If you are using a USB device or virtual floppy then pass the following boot options:
autoyast=device://sda/scripts/autoinst.xml
4. Insert the installation diskette, USB or virtual floppy created in "Creating an installation diskette (on
page 19)" while the system is booting from the CD.
On some servers, the installation returns the following message:
Error - no hard disks and no hard disk controllers were found for this
installation. Check your hardware.
5. Ignore this message and select OK. The scripts are copied into the root file system then the scripts
read the option ROM data and connect to the target disk.
6. Upon successful connection, the target disk is mounted as shown.
/dev/sda
Or, if you are using a USB device or virtual floppy drive it appears as the local disk and the target
disk is mounted as /dev/sdb.
7. If the USB device or virtual floppy is mounted on a device other than /dev/sda, the installation may
be unable to find the control file and you are prompted to provide the location. Enter the correct
location and select OK.
8. Follow the traditional installation procedure as prompted. The installation automatically sets up the
disk for iSCSI boot during post installation. After the disk is configured for iSCSI boot, the standard
OS installation screen appears and the system reboots.