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Emulex assumes no responsibility for its use, nor for any infringements of patents or other rights of third parties that may result. Periodic changes are made to information contained herein; although these changes will be incorporated into new editions of this manual, Emulex disclaims any undertaking to give notice of such changes. Emulex, 3333 Susan Street Costa Mesa, CA 92626 Boot Version 10.6 for NIC, iSCSI, FCoE, and RoCE Protocols User Manual P011399-01B Rev. A Table of Contents 3 Table of Contents List of Figures .................................................................................... 13 List of Tables ..................................................................................... 19 1. Introduction ................................................................................... 20 Abbreviations ........................................................................................ 21 2. Configuring PXE Boot for NIC on LPe16202 and OCe11100-series Adapters........................................................................................... 24 Pre-OS ................................................................................................. 24 PXE Boot Process .................................................................................... 24 Remotely Installing with PXE for Windows Server 2008, 2008R2, 2012, and 2012 R2 ............................................................................................... 26 Remotely Installing with PXE for Linux and Citrix Servers ................................. 26 Using the PXESelect Utility........................................................................ 27 Navigating the PXESelect Utility...............................................................27 Running the PXESelect Utility..................................................................27 Setting Up a PXE Bootable Network...........................................................28 Configuring Ports If UMC is Disabled or Not Supported ....................................29 Configuring PXE Boot Support...................................................................... 30 Configuring SR-IOV................................................................................... 30 Configuring the PXE VLAN ID and Priority ........................................................ 30 Physically Identifying the Port..................................................................... 31 Erasing Ports and Adapter Configurations........................................................ 31 Configuring Emulex Universal Multi-Channel ................................................32 Configuring Minimum and Maximum Bandwidth................................................. 33 Configuring LPVID .................................................................................... 34 Configuring Multi-Channel for Lenovo System x Adapters .................................35 Multi-Channel Modes ................................................................................ 35 Multi-Channel Configuration for Lenovo System x .............................................. 36 Advanced Mode Support ........................................................................38 Personality Option ...............................................................................39 PXE Boot Parameters Default Values ............................................................ 40 3. Configuring PXE Boot for NIC on OCe14000-series Adapters........................ 41 Pre-OS ................................................................................................. 41 PXE Boot Process .................................................................................... 41 Remotely Installing with PXE for Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, and 2012 R2 .......................................................................................... 43 Boot Version 10.6 for NIC, iSCSI, FCoE, and RoCE Protocols User Manual P011399-01B Rev. A Table of Contents 4 Remotely Installing with PXE for Linux and Citrix Servers ................................. 43 Using the PXESelect Utility........................................................................ 44 Navigating the PXESelect Utility...............................................................44 Running the PXESelect Utility..................................................................44 Setting Up a PXE Bootable Network...........................................................45 Configuring Ports If UMC is Disabled or Not Supported ....................................47 Configuring Personality ............................................................................. 47 Configuring SR-IOV................................................................................... 50 Configuring NIC Mode ............................................................................... 50 Loading Default Settings............................................................................ 51 Selecting a Port ...................................................................................... 51 Viewing NIC Configuration Information........................................................... 52 Configuring Boot Options ........................................................................... 52 Configuring Port Options............................................................................ 53 Erasing Ports and Adapter Configurations........................................................ 54 Configuring Emulex Universal Multi-Channel ................................................55 Enabling UMC ......................................................................................... 55 Configuring More than Four Functions per Port on OCe14000-series Adapters............. 56 Configuring Personality ............................................................................. 56 Loading Default Settings............................................................................ 58 Selecting a Port ...................................................................................... 59 Configuring UMC Options ........................................................................... 59 Configuring Minimum and Maximum Bandwidth................................................. 60 Configuring LPVID .................................................................................... 60 Configuring Multi-Channel for Lenovo System x Adapters .................................61 Configuring More than Four vNICs per Port on OCe14000-series Adapters.................. 62 Multi-Channel Modes ................................................................................ 63 Multi-Channel Configuration for Lenovo System x .............................................. 64 PXE Boot Parameters Default Values ............................................................ 65 4. Configuring Boot from SAN for the FCoE Protocol..................................... 67 Windows Server ..................................................................................... 68 Configuring Boot from SAN on Windows (x64)...............................................68 Configuring Boot from SAN on Windows (UEFI)..............................................68 Installing a New Windows UEFI-aware Operating System on a UEFI-based x64 Server.........................................................................................69 Directing a UEFI-based Server to a Windows Server Operating System Image (Installed as UEFI-aware) Already Installed on the SAN ...........................69 Installing Windows Server on a Boot Disk (x64)............................................... 70 Linux, Citrix, and VMware......................................................................... 71 Configuring Boot from SAN on Linux, Citrix, or VMware (x86 and x64) .................71 Boot Version 10.6 for NIC, iSCSI,