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diskless boot installation
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 8:11 am
by gokhang
I trying to install MS Server 2008 x32 onto iscsi target hd.
I am using Intel 1000 dual PT pci ex network card with iscsi boot firmware in it.
I am able to boot and see the HD in the installation of server 2008 . However I can format or install to the HD even thou i see it.
Sofware I am using is trial Starwind 3.5.3.
Anyone with a success of diskless boot?
Re: diskless boot installation
Posted: Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:11 pm
by anton (staff)
1) Enable clustering. Intel firmware has a bug: it does create new session ID when switching to Windows code so target thinks it's second connection to the same disk (concurrent).
2) Update to 3.5.4 - the most recent version. Always a good idea to use latest one
3) Send us StarWind log if the boot will still fail.
4) Yes, we have customers with such a configuration working.
gokhang wrote:I trying to install MS Server 2008 x32 onto iscsi target hd.
I am using Intel 1000 dual PT pci ex network card with iscsi boot firmware in it.
I am able to boot and see the HD in the installation of server 2008 . However I can format or install to the HD even thou i see it.
Sofware I am using is trial Starwind 3.5.3.
Anyone with a success of diskless boot?
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 11:24 am
by gokhang
thank you for the info Anton ,
it turns out to be the problem is with Intel Platform SR1530AH .
I used it with a different intel server SR1530HSH , everythink worked fine.
thanks again.
Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 7:04 pm
by aaron (staff)
Unfortunately technology is pre-mature yet so such a situations are still possible
Thank you for keeping us updated
gokhang wrote:thank you for the info Anton ,
it turns out to be the problem is with Intel Platform SR1530AH .
I used it with a different intel server SR1530HSH , everythink worked fine.
thanks again.