Dell MD3000I manual Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting

If iSCSI Boot BIOS fails to detect iSCSI target, perform the following steps and try to boot the system from iSCSI:

•Disable the spanning tree protocol on the switch ports on which the iSCSI boot NIC is configured. For information about disabling the spanning tree, see the documentation that shipped with the switch.

•Check for typographic errors in the BIOS settings. The configuration options must match the instructions provided. For more troubleshooting procedures, see the Broadcom NetExtreme and NetXtreme II User Guide at the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.

•To eliminate switch problems, test by connecting the initiator to the target directly using a standard Ethernet cable. Do not use a cross-over cable.

During initial setup, if the host displays a blue screen or continues to reboot when you boot from the iSCSI LUN, perform the following troubleshooting steps:

NOTE: The following steps are applicable only to newly-configured Boot from iSCSI host systems.

1Change the boot order in the BIOS screen to re-enable the local hard drive.

2Re-install the latest supported boot version of the iSCSI Software Initiator. During installation the GUI displays the previously selected options, ensure that you select the correct boot option.

3Re-install the Power Vault Modular Disk Storage Manager host software.

4Open the iSCSI Software Initiator GUI to ensure that there are no entries in the Discovery tab or in the Persistent Targets tab.

5Open the Disk Management console and verify the iSCSI LUN is recognized.

6Replicate the operating system boot image from the local hard drive to an image then to the iSCSI LUN and then boot from the iSCSI LUN.

7Disable the local hard drive and boot from the iSCSI LUN.

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Instructions to Configure BFi for Broadcom NIC