HP NC373F PCI-E Multifunction 1000SX Gigabit Server Adapter - Manual (Page 5)

Overview 5
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 ES/AS for x86_64 (Update 4, 5, and 6)
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 for x86_64
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (SP3, SP4) for x86
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (SP3, SP4) for x86_64
Supported hardware
• Servers. ProLiant servers that include an iLO or RILOE management device with a minimum of 256
MB memory with any of the supported operating systems and with access to an iLO virtual floppy
drive, CD drive, or USB device.
• Adapters. The following HP ProLiant Gigabit Ethernet Multifunction server adapters are supported.
o HP NC370T PCI-X Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
o HP NC370F PCI-X Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
o HP NC370i PCI-X Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
o HP NC371i PCI-X Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
o HP NC373T PCI Express Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
o HP NC373F PCI Express Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
o HP NC373i PCI Express Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
o HP NC373m PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter for c-Class BladeSystem
o HP NC374m PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
o HP NC380T PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter
iSCSI targets
All iSCSI targets supported by the Linux software initiator are supported by HP. Among HP branded
targets, those supporting iSCSI Boot are as follows:
o AiO family (http://www.hp.com/go/aiostorage)
o MSA SAN Storage Array product line (http://www.hp.com/go/msa)
o EVA4400 with the mpx 100b iSCSI Connectivity Kit (http://www.hp.com/go/eva)
For more information on iSCSI see the iSCSI (http://www.hp.com/go/iscsi)website.
Limitations
The following are limitations to iSCSI boot for Linux.
• VLANs are not supported
• Mutual CHAP is not supported
• LiLO boot loader is not supported
• Discovery protocols, such as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Internet Storage Name
Service (iSNS), and Service Location Protocol (SLP) are not supported.
Installation
• On some c-Class BladeSystems, certain USB devices cause the SLES 9 installation to hang when
loading the USB driver. The workaround is to use iLO virtual floppy to install.