Recommended Configurations

Instructions to Perform Boot from iSCSI for Dell Storage Arrays

This document provides instructions to configure a Dell™ PowerEdge™ system for booting Microsoft® Windows Server® (2003 or 2008) operating system or Linux (Red Hat Enterprise or SUSE) operating system from a virtual disk in an Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) storage solution.

The following topics are covered in detail:
• Configuring the Dell Storage Array
• Configuring the Network Adapter
• Creating and Installing an Image to iSCSI Target
• Creating Redundant Paths to a Target (Configuring Multi-Path I/O)
• Disk Duplication (Cloning)