Firmware Setup

Intel® iSCSI Boot features a setup menu which allows two network ports in one system to be enabled as iSCSI Boot devices. To configure Intel iSCSI Boot, power-on or reset the system and press the Ctrl-D key when the message "Press <Ctrl-D> to run setup..." is displayed. After pressing the Ctrl-D key, you will be taken to the Intel iSCSI Boot Port Selection Setup Menu.


iSCSI Boot Port Selection Menu

The first screen of the Intel iSCSI Boot Setup Menu displays a list of Intel iSCSI Boot-capable adapters. For each adapter port the associated PCI device ID, PCI bus/device/function location, and a field indicating iSCSI Boot status is displayed. Up to 10 iSCSI Boot-capable ports can be displayed within the Port Selection Menu. If there are more Intel iSCSI Boot-capable adapters, these are not listed in the setup menu. The usage of this menu is described below:

iSCSI Boot Port Specific Setup Menu

The port specific iSCSI setup menu has four options:

iSCSI Boot Configuration Menu

The iSCSI Boot Configuration Menu allows you to configure the iSCSI Boot and Internet Protocol (IP) parameters for a specific port.  The iSCSI settings can be configured manually or retrieved dynamically from a DHCP server.  Listed below are the options in the iSCSI Boot Configuration Menu:

iSCSI CHAP Configuration

Intel iSCSI Boot supports one-way CHAP MD5 authentication with an iSCSI target. Intel iSCSI Boot uses the "MD5 Message Digest Algorithm" developed by RSA Data Security, Inc. The iSCSI CHAP Configuration menu has the following options to enable CHAP authentication:


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