Dell QLogic Family of Adapters QLogic QME8242 Mezzanine Card User's Guide - Page 121

iBFT Boot Setup: QLogic QME8242 Mezzanine Card User's Guide To set up a dynamic IP address on IPv6, follow these steps: 1. Start the server and when the NIC boot code banner appears, press the keys. The QLogic CNA Function Configuration utility opens to the Select Adapter menu. 2. Select the adapter to configure, and then press the key. The QLogic CNA Function Configuration utility opens to the Setup menu for the selected adapter. 3. Under Function Configuration, select the iBFT function to configure, and then press . 4. Under Adapter Settings, configure the following, as shown in Figure 11: a. Set Enable ROM to Enabled. b. Set IP Format to IPv6. c. Set the VLAN Mode to one of the following: Disabled if the VLAN is not used in the network Enabled to specify a valid VLAN ID d. If VLAN is enabled, specify a valid VLAN ID in the range of 2 to 4095. Figure 11. Configuring Adapter Settings for IPv6 (Dynamic) 5. Under Adapter Settings, select Initiator Settings, and then press . 6. Under Initiator Settings, configure the following, as shown in Figure 12: a. Set Enable DHCP to Enabled to obtain the address from IPv6 router or the DHCPv6 server in this order: i. The iBFT initiator first requests the IP address from the IPv6 router. ii. If the IPv6 router indicates that a DHCPv6 server is also available in the network, the initiator requests the IP address from the DHCPv6 server. iii. If the IPv6 router is not available, the initiator obtains the address from the DHCPv6 server. b. Set Target Param From DHCP to one of the following: Disabled to manually configure the Target Name, Target IP Address, and Target Port, and Boot LUN (see step 9). Enabled to automatically obtain target setting from the DHCP server, which must provide the RootPath Option (option 17) to its client. The option field string should have the following format: iscsi::tcp::: NOTE: The IPv6 address must be enclosed in a pair of square brackets ("[" and "]"). For example: iscsi:[2001:1234:5678:0000:0000:0000:0000:abcd]:tcp:3260:0:iqn.200809.com.iscsi:storage.tape.sys.xyz The DHCPv6 server must use the QLogic enterprise number 3873. c. (Optional) Configure the Reverse CHAP Name and Reverse CHAP Secret as needed. file:///T|/htdocs/NETWORK/QLogic/71922/en/ibft.htm[9/26/2012 4:26:32 PM]