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IBMSystemx BladeBoot SAN Guide Version2.02

CopyrightIBMCorp.2006,2008 Page1of24 6/6/2008

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Software-BasediSCSIBootSANGuideforIBMBlades
http://www.ibm.com/


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NoteBeforeusingthisinformationandtheproductitsupports,readtheinformationinNotices,onpage21.

Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2006-2008. All rightsreserved.USGovernmentUsersRestrictedRightsUse,duplication,ordisclosurerestrictedbyADPGSAschedulecontractwithIBMCorp.



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1 IBM iSCSI BladeBoot ................................................................................... 42 SAN Configuration ....................................................................................... 52.1 Introduction.............................................................................................5

2.1.1 OverviewDiagram ...........................................................................52.1.2

Console ...........................................................................................6

2.2 OverviewofBladeiSCSIBootSequence ...............................................62.3 OperatingSystemDeployment...............................................................7

2.3.1 InstallfromMediatoiSCSILUN ......................................................72.3.2 Image-basedDeployment ...............................................................7

2.4 ParameterMethodology .........................................................................72.4.1 DHCP ..............................................................................................72.4.2 NVRAM ...........................................................................................8

2.5 SANwithDHCP......................................................................................82.5.1 Option17.........................................................................................82.5.2 VendorOptions................................................................................9

2.6 SANwithoutDHCP.................................................................................92.7 iSCSIConfigurationManager .................................................................92.8 iSCSITarget ...........................................................................................9

2.8.1 LUNTypes ....................................................................................102.8.2 AccessControl ..............................................................................10

2.9 QuickTests(Optional) ..........................................................................102.9.1 WindowsPartition..........................................................................102.9.2 DOS...............................................................................................113 Blade Hardware Guide............................................................................... 13

3.1 iSCSIBladeBootSupportMatrix...........................................................133.2 URLs.....................................................................................................13

3.2.1 GeneralLinks ................................................................................133.2.2 IBMiSCSIConfigurationManager.................................................143.2.3 BroadcomNetXtremeI ..................................................................143.2.4 BroadcomNetXtremeII .................................................................14

3.3 ChassisandBladePreparation ............................................................143.4 Considerations......................................................................................143.5 BIOSSetup...........................................................................................153.6 FirmwareLoginScreen.........................................................................163.7 iSCSIFirmwareErrorMessages ..........................................................16

3.7.1 iSCSIBootErrorCodes.................................................................163.7.2 POSTErrorCodes ........................................................................184 IBM System Storage N Series Filers .......................................................... 19

4.1 OnTapRevisionLevel ..........................................................................195 Frequently Asked Questions ...................................................................... 206 Notices ...................................................................................................... 217 Trademarks ............................................................................................... 24



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1 IBM iSCSI BladeBootIBMiSCSIBladeBootenablesaBladewithnolocaldisktobootfromaniSCSITargetusingastandardEthernetport.Thisisaccomplishedviaacombinationof

firmwareandoperatingsystemsupport.RefertotheBladeBootwebportalforadditionalinformation.

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/storage/iscsi.htmlhttp://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/storage/iscsi.html


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2 SAN Configuration

2.1 Introduction

ThissectiondescribeshowtosetupabasiciSCSIBladeBootSANconfiguration.StartwiththisReferenceImplementationtovalidatetheiSCSIBootprocessandthenexpandyourSANappropriatetoyourenvironment.

2.1.1 Overview Diagram

ThediagrambelowshowsthebasiccomponentsrequiredforaniSCSIBootSAN.Theprimarycomponentsrequiredare:

IBMBladeCenter IBMBlades1(seeiSCSIBootBladeSupportMatrix) iSCSITarget,e.g.IBMN3700Filer Console iSCSIConfigurationManager

o AutilityinstalledonandrunfromtheConsole DHCPServer(optional)

TheBladeCentercontainsanumberofBladeswithnolocaldisks.EachBladebootsfromitsownLUNontheiSCSITarget.TheoptionalDHCPserverprovidesnetworkparameters.TheConsoleisusedtomanagetheSAN.

1IBMiSCSIBladeBootisafeatureincludedwithselectIBMBlades.ConsultyourIBM

Representativefordetailsregardingsupportedmodels.



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FortheReferenceimplementationhaveallthesystemsonthesamesubnetanduse255.255.255.0asthenetmask.Ifthisisnotpossible,thenusethe255.255.255.0netmaskandagateway.

2.1.2 ConsoleTheconsolesystem:

1. ProvidesbrowseraccesstotheBladeCenterManagementModuleWebInterface

a. TheBladeCenterwebinterfacealsoprovidesaRemoteConsolecapabilityfortheBlades

2. RunstheiSCSIConfigurationManager(BladeNVRAMconfigurationtool)3. MayprovidebrowseraccesstotheiSCSITarget(seeyouriSCSITarget

documentation).TheConsolemustbeconfiguredwith:

1. AJavaruntimeenvironment.Oneofthefollowingversions(orlaterupdates):

a. 1.4.2_17http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

b. 1.5.0_15

ClickonPreviousReleaseshttp://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

c. 6u10

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

2. IBMiSCSIConfigurationManager.Thefollowingversion(orlaterupdate):

a. 2.3.0cIBMiSCSIConfigurationManager

2.2 Overview of Blade iSCSI Boot SequenceThebasicstepsforaBladetobootviaiSCSIare:

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.htmlhttp://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsphttp://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsphttp://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsphttp://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsphttp://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html


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1. TheBladepowersup2. TheiSCSIBootfirmwareintheBladeusesoneoftwomethodstoobtain

networkingparametersa. DHCPb.

On-boardNVRAM3. Thenetworkingparametersareobtained

4. ThefirmwarelogsintotheiSCSITarget5. Thefirmwarebeginsthebootprocess(byloadingandexecutingthe

masterbootrecord)6. Theoperatingsystemtakesoverandcompletesthebootstrapprocess.

2.3 Operating System Deployment

Notethatnotalloperatingsystemsnecessarilysupportalldeploymentmodes.

2.3.1 Install from Media to iSCSI LUNInthismodeinstallationisviathefamiliarprocessofbootingtheinstallationmediaandinstallingtodisk.TheremightbeafewadditionalstepsduringinstallationtoselectiSCSIBoot.

2.3.2 Image-based Deployment

Inthismodeinstallationoccursinthreemainsteps.Steponeisatraditionalinstalltoalocaldisk.SteptwoiscapturinganimageofthelocaldriveandtransferringtheimagetoastoragedeviceontheSAN.Stepthreeisreplicating

theimageforusebyanewsystem.

2.4 Parameter Methodology

ThefirmwaremustobtainvariousnetworkparameterstoinitiateiSCSIBoot.ThisincludesbutisnotlimitedtoanIPaddress,subnetmask,iSCSITargetIP,iSCSITargetName,iSCSILUN,etc.ThisinformationcanbeobtainedfromDHCPorfrominternalNVRAM.

2.4.1 DHCP

InaDHCPconfigurationareservationmustbecreatedassociatingaMACaddresswithanIPaddress.ADHCPoptionisusedtoprovidetheiSCSITargetinformation.



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2.4.2 NVRAM

InanNVRAMconfigurationtheparametersrequiredbytheiSCSIBootprocessarestoredinNVRAM.

NotethatNVRAMalsospecifiesthemodetouseDHCPorNVRAM.ThusavalidNVRAMconfigurationmustbeestablishedviatheIBMiSCSIConfigurationManagerevenifDHCPmodeisselected.

2.5 SAN with DHCP

IntheSANwithDHCPconfigurationaDHCPserverprovidesthenetworkingparameters.ADHCPreservationisrequiredforeachBlade.EachreservationhasanOptionwhichspecifiestheiSCSITargetbootLUN.

YouspecifytheDHCPOptionviaoneoftwomethods,Option17orVendorOptions.

2.5.1 Option 17

Option17isdefinedbytheIETFRFC4173:

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4173.txtYouwillneedacopyforcompletedetailedreference.Briefly,option17isformattedas:iscsi:::::

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4173.txthttp://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4173.txt


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Forexample:iscsi:192.168.70.20:6:3260:0:iqn.1986-03.com.ibm:sn.12345678

2.5.2 Vendor OptionsAnadvancedmodeviaDHCPVendorOptionsisalsosupported.TheVendorOptionsmodeisanadvancedmodeandisnotnecessarytocompletetheReferenceSANexercise.

2.6 SAN without DHCPIntheSANwithoutDHCPconfigurationthenetworkingparametersarestoredinBladeNVRAM.

ThenetworkingparametersyoudetermineareinputtotheIBMiSCSIConfigurationManagerforstorageintoNVRAM.NotethateachBladeServerhasitsownNVRAM.

2.7 iSCSI Configuration ManagerTheiSCSIConfigurationManagermustberunforbothDHCPandNVRAMmodes.TheiSCSIConfigurationManagerdownloadstheNVRAMtableintoaBladeServer.

SeetheIBMiSCSIConfigurationManagerGuideforfurtherdetails.

2.8 iSCSI Target

PleaserefertoyouriSCSITargetdocumentation.



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2.8.1 LUN Types

IfyouriSCSITargethasanoptionforLUNTypeIsuggestselectingraworimageorwhateveryourdevicecallsanun-typedcollectionofdiskblocks.However,consultyourTargetdocumentationsincetheremightbeperformance

orotheradvantagestoselectingaspecificLUNtype(ifavailable).

2.8.2 Access Control

YouriSCSITargetmayprovideanumberofwaystosetupaccesscontrolforthesystemrunningiSCSIBoot.ThismightbebyInitiatoriqn,orMACaddress,orIPaddress.InDHCPOption17modethedefaultInitiatoriqnnamethattheIBMiSCSIBootfirmwaregeneratesis:

WhenDHCPOption12ispresent:iqn.1986-03.com.ibmWhenDHCPOption12isnotpresentiqn.1986-03.com.ibmWhenoperatinginNVRAMmodeorDHCPVendorOptionsmodetheiqnnameisprovidedbytheadministrator.Forexample,thefollowingiqncanused:

iqn.1986-03.com.ibm2.9 Quick Tests (Optional)

IfyoudliketotestyourSANconfigurationherearesome(optional)methods.ForthesystemthatyouwillbeusingtotestbootingfromSANdonothavealocaldiskinstalledforthesetests.

2.9.1 Windows Partition

1. CreateaLUNonyouriSCSITargetandconfiguretheSAN2. AttachtotheLUNviatheMicrosoftWindowsInitiatorfromtheConsoleorothersuitablesystem.

3. RunDiskManagementMyComputer->Manage->DiskManagement

a. IfyourLUNwascreatedandinitializedwithallzeros,asisoftenthecasethenWindowswillpromptyoutoInitializethedisk,followthepromptsanddefaults.



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b. Rightclickonthewhitebox(nexttoDisk1intheexampleabove)andPartition,Format,andMarkActive

4. BootaBladeServerwithiSCSIBootenabled.5.

TheIBMiSCSIBootFirmwareInitiatorshouldloginsuccessfully.6. TheemptyWindowspartitionshouldbootanddisplayanerrormessage.

2.9.2 DOS

1. SetuptheSANwithaLUN2. BootDOSfromfloppydiskette3. RunFDISKandpartitionthedrive



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a. Markthepartitionactiveb. Youwillhavetoreboot

4. BootDOSfromfloppydiskette5. formatc:/s6. Removethediskettefromthedrive7.

Reboota. YoushouldbootintoDOSandaC:\prompt



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3 Blade Hardware Guide

3.1 iSCSI BladeBoot Support Matrix

Minimum BIOS Level Minimum BMC LevelModel BladeBootSupport Build ID Revision Build ID RevisionHS12HS12 8014 Yes N1E125AUS 1.00 N1BT07LUS 1.01

HS12 8028 Yes N1E125AUS 1.00 N1BT07LUS 1.01HS20HS20 1883 Yes BWE131BUS 1.12 BWBT40AUS 1.33HS20 1884 No n/a n/a n/a n/a

HS20 7981 No n/a n/a n/a n/a

HS20 8678 No n/a n/a n/a n/aHS20 8832 No n/a n/a n/a n/a

HS20 8843 Yes BWE131BUS 1.12 BWBT40AUS 1.33HS21HS21 1885 Yes BCE135AUS 1.12 BCBT47BUS 1.12

HS21 8853 Yes BCE135AUS 1.12 BCBT47BUS 1.12HS21 XMHS21 1915 Yes MJE127AUS 1.09 MJBT22A 1.13

HS21 7995 Yes MJE127AUS 1.09 MJBT22A 1.13HS40HS40 8839 No n/a n/a n/a n/aLS20LS20 8850 Yes BKE127A 1.27 BKBT29AUS 2.21LS21LS21 7971 Yes BAE145AUS 1.06 BABT46A 1.24LS41LS41 7972 Yes BAE145AUS 1.06 BABT46A 1.24

3.2 URLs

3.2.1 General Links

IBMSupportHomePageBladeMatrixIBMiSCSIBootMainPageIBMiSCSIBootCommanderUtility

https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5075102&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5075123&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5075102&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5075123&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-57809&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-66518&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-57809&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-66518&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073374&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5071193&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073374&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5071193&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073371&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073202&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073371&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073202&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-59842&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5070636&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073380&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5072771&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073380&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5072771&brandind=5000020http://www.ibm.com/support/us/http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-63017&brandind=5000020http://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/bladecenter/storage/iscsi.htmlhttp://alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/sancommanderhttp://alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/sancommanderhttp://www-03.ibm.com/servers/eserver/bladecenter/storage/iscsi.htmlhttp://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-63017&brandind=5000020http://www.ibm.com/support/us/http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5072771&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073380&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5072771&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073380&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5070636&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-59842&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073202&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073371&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073202&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073371&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5071193&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073374&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5071193&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5073374&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-66518&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-57809&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-66518&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-57809&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5075123&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5075102&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5075123&brandind=5000020https://www-304.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5075102&brandind=5000020


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3.2.2 IBM iSCSI Configuration Manager

IBMiSCSIConfigurationManagerUtilityIBMiSCSIConfigurationManagerUserGuide

3.2.3 Broadcom NetXtreme IBroadcomNetXtremeFirmwareUpdateUtilityBroadcomNetXtremeDrivers

3.2.4 Broadcom NetXtreme II

BroadcomNetXtremeIIFirmwareUpdateUtilityBroadcomNetXtremeIIDrivers

3.3 Chassis and Blade Preparation

1. UpdatetheBladeCenterManagementModule(s)tothelatestlevelof

firmware.2. Updatethenetworkswitch(es)tothelatestleveloffirmware.3. UpdatetheBladeServerBMC4. UpdatetheBladeServerBIOS

Note:AllNICfirmwareupdatesmustbeperformedwithF1SetupvaluessettoDefault.Thatis,youcannotbeloggedintoaniSCSITargetwhenrunningtheNICupdateprocedure.

5. UpdatetheBladeServerNICMicrocodeNotethatforthebuilt-inNICsthisutilityupdatesthemicrocode.ThePXEagentispartoftheBIOSupdate.Note:Selectingeither0or1updatesbothnetworkports.Selecting0willplaceSerialoverLAN(SoL)onthefirstnetworkport,selecting1willplaceSoLonthesecondnetworkport.

6. Updateanyadd-inexpansioncardsthatmaybepresent.

Notethatforadd-inexpansioncardsthisupdatesboththemicrocodeandthePXEagentonthecard.

3.4 Considerations

1. WheniSCSIBootisenabledyoucannotusePXEboot.

http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-64883&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-64882&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-53693&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-43815&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-64505&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5070766&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5070766&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-64505&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-43815&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-53693&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-64882&brandind=5000020http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-64883&brandind=5000020


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3.5 BIOS Setup

1. ForeachBladeconfigureBIOSSetup:

a. Poweronthesystem.PressF1toenterSetup.b. LoadDefaultSettingsc. StartOptions->iSCSIInitiator->Enabled,Escd. SaveSettings

Note:Ifan1801erroroccursthenconfigurePXEtorunononlytheEthernetportbeingusedforiSCSIBoot.SeeFrequentlyAskedQuestions.



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3.6 Firmware Login Screen

Asuccessfulfirmwareloginshouldlooksimilartothefollowingscreenshot.

3.7 iSCSI Firmware Error Messages

TherearetwolevelsoferrorcodesforiSCSIBoot.OnecodeisdisplayedbytheiSCSIBootfirmwareandtheotherisdisplayedbythesystemPOST.

3.7.1 iSCSI Boot Error Codes

Thedisplayederrorcodeisfourcharacters(twobytes).UpperByte:FirstTargetLowerByte:SecondTargetPOST SUCCESSFUL 0x00

POST NO ATTEMPT TO CONNECT TO TARGET 0x01

UNEXPECTED 0x02

UNABLE TO SEND DHCP PACKET 0x10

DIDNT GET ANY DHCP OFFER 0x11

DIDNT RECEIVE VALID DHCP ACK 0x12

DIDNT GET ANY VALID ISCSI DHCP OFFER 0x13



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DHCP ACK IS NOT ISCSI VALID 0x14

DHCP INFORM INVALID DISCOVERY IP 0x15

DHCP INFORM FAILED GET DHCP2 MAC 0x16

DIDNT GET VALID DHCP INFORM ACK 0x17

MISSING OPTION 203 0x30

UNABLE TO GET INITIATOR MAC 0x31

INITIATOR NAME TOO LONG 0x32

TARGET OPTION FORMAT ERROR 0x33

TARGET OPTION INVALID IP 0x34

TARGET OPTION INVALID PROTOCOL 0x35

TARGET OPTION INVALID PORT 0x36

TARGET OPTION INVALID LUN 0x37

TARGET OPTION NAME TOO LONG 0x38

MISSING OPTION 17 0x39

MISSING OPTION HOSTNAME 0x3A

ERROR PARSING OPTION RETRY 0x3B

ERROR PARSING OPTION SCOPE 0x3C

BOTH DHCP OPTION 43 AND 17 DEFINED 0x3D

START UNIT FAILED 0x50

TEST UNIT READY FAILED 0x51

FIND BLOCK SIZE FAILED 0x52

PARAM SIGNATURE INVALID 0x60

PARAM VERSION INVALID 0x61

PARAM LEVEL INVALID 0x62

PARAM ROM LENGTH INVALID 0x63

ROM TABLE CHECKSUM ERROR 0x64MISSING TARGET CHAP ID 0x65

MISSING TARGET CHAP PASSWORD 0x66

MISSING INITIATOR CHAP ID 0x67

MISSING INITIATOR CHAP PASSWORD 0x68

UNSUPPORTED SECURITY MODE 0x69

TARGET IP INVALID 0x6A

TARGET NAME INVALID 0x6B

IPV6 UNSUPPORTED 0x6C

LUN INVALID 0x6D

NO TARGET PRESENT 0x6E

INVALID INITIATOR IP 0x6F

INVALID INITIATOR NAME 0x70

UNSUPPORTED S D TYPE 0x71

TARGET PORT INVALID 0x72

UNSUPPORTED DISCOVERY TYPE 0x73

GATEWAY REQUIRED 0x74

TARGET CHAP SECRET INVALID 0x75



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INITIATOR CHAP SECRET INVALID 0x76

FAILED TO READ MBR 0x77

UNABLE TO LOCATE NETWORK 0x78

UNDI INIT FAILED 0x79

UNABLE TO CREATE TCP CONNECTION TO TARGET 0x80

SECURITY PHASE FAILED 0x81

OPERATIONAL PARAMS PHASE FAILED 0x82

CHAP AUTHENTICATION FAILED 0x83

3.7.2 POST Error Codes

POSTerrorcodesforiSCSIBoot.Theformatoftheerrorcodeisasfollows:0018XYSSVVVVDDDD

whereXYisthespecific1800errorcode,SSrepresentstheslotnumberofthedevicewhichhadthefailure(00indicatesplanardevice),VVVVisthePCIvendorIDofthefailingdeviceandDDDDisthePCIdeviceIDofthefailingdeviceifapplicable.ThefollowingXYvaluesaredefined:XY value Error code meaning01 NoROMSpaceAvailable80 Invalidparameterstructure81 Unsupportedparameterversion82 Nonetworkconnection83 Notargetresponse(timeout)84 Targetfound,butnotready

85 NoDHCPserverresponse86 NovalidDHCPdatafound87 TargetrejectedinitiatorIQN89 CHAPloginfailure90 TargetCHAPidentificationfailure91 Othercommunicationerror94 NoiSCSIparameterdata95 Invalidhardware96 TargetnotrespondingduringSMI99 OtherSMIcommunicationfailure



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4 IBM System Storage N Series Filers

4.1 OnTap Revision Level

TheOnTapcodemustbeatlevel7.1.1orlater.NSeriesDataOnTapDownloadMatrix

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5 Frequently Asked Questions

1. Imgettingan1801errorduringPOSTanddidnotseetheIBMiSCSIFirmwareInitiatorbanner.WhatdoIdo?

An1801meansthatyouneedtoreducethenumberofoptionROMsbeingexecutedduringPOST.TrydisablingPXEforalltheNICsexcepttheonebeingusedforiSCSIBoot.

2. WhymustPXEbeenabledatall?ThereisasectionofPXEcalledUNDI.ItistheUNDIportionthatprovidestheAPItotheNICusedbyiSCSIBoot.

3. Imgettingan1880errorduringPOST.WhatdoIdo?An1880errorcanusuallyberesolvedbyloadingorreloadingyouriSCSIparametersusingIBMsiSCSIConfigurationManager(ICM)v2.0.3corlater.AfterrunningICMallowPOSTtocomplete.Ifthe1880errorremainsthenarebootshouldresolvetheissue.



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