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sanboot:win2k8_iscsi_install [2010/07/13 15:23] rschror works well on a diskless computer |
sanboot:win2k8_iscsi_install [2011/01/22 12:16] leeph [What to do if the installation can't find the iSCSI disk.] |
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| - To avoid this problem, you can set the gateway (received from the DHCP server) to the IP of the machine running Microsoft iSCSI Software Target. (or use the "set gateway" command from the gPXE console, after the "dhcp" command) | - To avoid this problem, you can set the gateway (received from the DHCP server) to the IP of the machine running Microsoft iSCSI Software Target. (or use the "set gateway" command from the gPXE console, after the "dhcp" command) | ||
| - | - Alternatively, you can install to another software target, and then [[transfer]] the installation to the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target. | + | - Another way around this is to configure your DHCP server to give the target host as the default gateway for the initial gPXE boot, and then give your normal gateway for the Windows boot proper. This avoids routing the SAN traffic through an IP router when it isn't necessary (in my case, my LAN is gigabit but routing through the gateway reduced effective throughput to 100mbit - not ideal!). Add the following lines to your dhcpd config (to the stanza that defines the host to be booted): |
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| + | if exists user-class and option user-class = "gPXE" { | ||
| + | option routers <iSCSI target IP>; | ||
| + | } else { | ||
| + | option routers <normal default gateway IP>; | ||
| + | } | ||
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| + | - Alternatively, you can install to another software target, and then [[transfer]] the installation to the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target. | ||
| ===== What to do if the installation says: "Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu" ===== | ===== What to do if the installation says: "Ensure that the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu" ===== | ||
