Step 1
| In the
Navigation pane, click
Servers.
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Step 2
| Expand
.
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Step 3
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Expand the node for the organization that contains the service profile for which you want to modify iSCSI boot parameters. If the system does not include multi-tenancy, expand the root node. |
Step 4
| Click the service profile for which you want to modify iSCSI boot parameters. |
Step 5
| Click the Boot Order tab. |
Step 6
| In the Specific Boot Policy area, click the down arrows to expand the iSCSI vNICs area. |
Step 7
| To add or delete an iSCSI vNIC from the boot order or to change the boot order, do one of the following:- To add an iSCSI vNIC, in the iSCSI vNICs area, double-click an iSCSI vNICs to add it to the Boot Order table.
- To delete an iSCSI vNIC from the boot order, in the Boot Order table, select the iSCSI vNIC and click Delete.
- To change the iSCSI vNIC boot order, in the Boot Order table, select the iSCSI vNIC and click either Move Up or Move Down.
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Step 8
| To change the boot parameters, in the iSCSI vNICs area, click the Set Boot Parameters link. If there are two iSCSI vNICs, choose the one for which you want to change boot parameters.
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Step 9
| In the Set iSCSI Boot Parameters dialog box, change the values in any of the following fields:
Name
|
Description
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Name field
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The name
of the iSCSI vNIC for which you are setting the boot parameters.
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Authentication Profile drop-down list
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The name of the associated iSCSI authentication profile.
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Create Authentication Profile link
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Click this
link to create a new iSCSI authentication profile that will be available to all
iSCSI vNICs.
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Step 10
| In the
Initiator Name area, complete the following fields:
Name
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Description
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Initiator Name Assignment drop-down list
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Select
how the iSCSI boot initiator name is assigned. Choose one of the following
methods:
Note
|
Setting the Initiator Name from the Set iSCSI Boot Parameters
dialog box sets the initiator IQN at the iSCSI vNIC level and not at the
service profile level. If more than one path is configured, you must set the
initiator IQN from the
iSCSI vNICs tab or when creating a
service profile.
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If you need to, you can change or reset the initiator name. For more information, see Changing the Initiator IQN at the Service Profile Level.
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Create IQN Suffix Pool link
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Click
this link to create a new IQN suffix pool that will be available to all iSCSI
vNICs.
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Initiator Name
field
|
A regular expression that
defines the name of the iSCSI initiator.
You can enter any
alphanumeric string as well as the following special characters:
-
.
(period)
-
:
(colon)
-
-
(dash)
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Step 11
| From the
Initiator IP Address Policy drop-down list,
change the selection to one of the following:
Option |
Description |
Select (DHCP used by default)
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The system selects an interface automatically using DHCP.
Proceed to Step 13.
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Static
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A static IPv4 address is assigned to the iSCSI boot vNIC based on the information entered in this area.
Proceed to Step 12.
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Pool
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An IPv4 address is assigned to the iSCSI boot vNIC from the management IP address pool.
Proceed to Step 13.
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Step 12
| If you chose Static from the
Initiator IP Address Policy drop-down list, complete or change the following fields:
Name |
Description |
IPv4 Address
field
|
The IPv4 address assigned to
the iSCSI boot vNIC.
If you want to specify this
address, you must select
Static in the
Initiator IP Address Policy drop-down list.
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Subnet Mask field
|
The subnet mask associated
with the IPv4 address.
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Default Gateway
field
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The default gateway
associated with the IPv4 address.
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Primary DNS field
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The primary DNS server
address.
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Secondary DNS
field
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The secondary DNS server
address.
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Step 13
| For the
iSCSI target interface, choose one of the following radio buttons:
Option |
Description |
iSCSI Static Target Interface
|
The system creates a static target interface that you need to configure.
Proceed to Step 14.
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iSCSI Auto Target Interface
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The system creates an auto target interface. You need to specify whether the auto target uses an initiator or a DCHP vendor ID.
Proceed to Step 15.
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Step 14
| If you chose iSCSI Static Target Interface, do one of the following in the Static Target Interface table: - To add an iSCSI static target interface, click Add or to modify an iSCSI target interface, select the iSCSI target interface that you want to change and click Modify. Then and complete or change the following fields in the Create iSCSI Static Target dialog box:
Name
|
Description
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iSCSI Target Name field
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A regular expression that defines the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) or Extended Unique Identifier (EUI) name of the iSCSI target.
You can enter any alphanumeric characters as well as the following special characters:
. (period)
: (colon)
- (dash)
Important: This name must be properly formatted using standard IQN or EUI guidelines.
The following examples show properly formatted iSCSI target names:
iqn.2001-04.com.example
iqn.2001-04.com.example:storage:diskarrays-sn-a8675309
iqn.2001-04.com.example:storage.tape1.sys1.xyz
iqn.2001-04.com.example:storage.disk2.sys1.xyz
eui.02004567A425678D
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Priority field
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The system-assigned priority for the iSCSI target.
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Port field
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The port associated with the iSCSI target.
Enter an integer between 1 and 65535. The default is 3260.
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Authentication Profile drop-down list
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The name of the associated iSCSI authentication profile.
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Create iSCSI Authentication Profile link
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Click this link to create a new iSCSI authentication profile that will be available to all iSCSI vNICs.
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IPv4 Address field
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The IPv4 address assigned to the iSCSI target.
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LUN Id field
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The LUN identifier in the iSCSI target.
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- To delete an iSCSI target interface, select the iSCSI target interface that you want to delete and click Delete.
Note
| If you have two iSCSI static targets and you delete the first priority target, the second priority target becomes the first priority target, although Cisco UCS Manager still shows it as the second priority target.
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Step 15
| If you chose iSCSI Auto Target Interface, change the entry to either the initiator name or the DHCP vendor ID in the DHCP Vendor Id field. The initiator must have already been configured. The vendor ID can be up to 32 alphanumeric characters. |
Step 16
| Click OK. |