Dell MD3000I Pre-Installation Requirements, Any disk imaging software such as Symantec Ghost

Pre-Installation Requirements

NOTE: It is strongly recommended that you configure redundant paths to the target from all hosts that are configured with boot from iSCSI. The following instructions incorporate Multi-path I/O (MPIO) configuration. Misconfigured networks or networks under heavy load may interfere with critical communication between the host and the associated boot LUN on the target, causing the system to hang or display a bluescreen. To work-around this issue, configure multiple paths between the host and target. For best practices, configure a redundant iSCSI network on a separate subnets and monitor the network performance. For more information , see the whitepaper Creating Multipath Connections to Dell iSCSI Storage Arrays available on the Dell Techcenter website at www.dell.com/TechCenter.

Before configuring your system for BFi, read this document, complete the configuration worksheets in "Configuration Worksheet" on page 77, and ensure that you have the following:

•A system with a local hard drive to create the initial image

•Intel® PRO/1000 Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) Network Interface Card (NIC)

•Download the Intel PRO PCIe Gigabit drivers and firmware from the Dell Support website at support.dell.com. For latest supported Intel PRO PCIe Gigabit drivers and firmware versions, see the Dell PowerVault MD3000i Support Matrix located on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.

•Intel iSCSI Boot User Guide located on the Intel NIC media or on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com

•Microsoft® iSCSI Software Initiator with boot support version as stated in the Dell PowerVault MD3000i Support Matrix located on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com

•Media of the supported Microsoft operating system or a copy of the

Sysprep utility

•Any disk imaging software such as Symantec™ Ghost

•Dell PowerVault Resource media

NOTE: All systems that use the cloned operating system base image must have the same hardware configuration as the host.

NOTE: For the latest drive and firmware versions, refer to the Dell PowerVault MD3000i Systems Support Matrix located on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.

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Instructions to Configure BFi for Intel NIC