HP ProLiant DL280 ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5 - Page 5

ISS Technology Update Volume 8, Number 5 Accelerated iSCSI application examples Administrators can consolidate storage, enhance manageability, and enable iSCSI boot (also called ‗boot from SAN'). HP Accelerated iSCSI Licensing Pack for 1GbE network adapters NC373F, NC373T, and NC382T option kits have always included Accelerated iSCSI as a standard feature. As of the publication of this article, the DL385 G5p, DL385 G6, DL360 G6, and DL380 G6 ProLiant servers are shipping as ‖iSCSI ready,‖ meaning that licensing for Accelerated iSCSI is no longer required on these platforms. An Accelerated iSCSI Pack license is still required in older ProLiant servers with NC 370i, NC371i, and NC373i embedded multifunction server adapters. Users are required to download HP Accelerated iSCSI drivers for all compatible multifunction server adapters. Table 2-1 identifies the most current component packs for accelerated iSCSI drivers. Table 2-1. Driver support for accelerated iSCSI OS 32 bit W2K3 64-bit W2K3 32-bit W2K8 64-bit W2K8 Linux Linux Red Hat SLES Description HP NC-Series Broadcom 1Gb Multifunction Driver for Windows Server 2003 HP NC-Series Broadcom 1Gb Multifunction Driver for Windows Server 2003 x64 Editions HP NC-Series Broadcom 1Gb Multifunction Driver for Windows Server 2008 HP NC-Series Broadcom 1Gb Multifunction Driver for Windows Server 2008 x64 Editions HP NC-Series Broadcom 1GbE & 10GbE Multifunction Drivers for Linux HP NC-Series iSCSI Offload Driver for Linux HP NC-Series iSCSI Offload Initiator Utilities for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 HP NC-Series iSCSI Offload Initiator Utilities for SLES10 SP1 SLES HP NC-Series iSCSI Offload Initiator Utilities for SLES10 SP2 Current component packs cp010384.exe v4.6.112.0 cp010385.exe v4.6.112.0 cp010693.exe v4.6.112.0 B cp010694.exe v4.6.112.0 B netxtreme2-4.8.22-1.src.rpm bnx2i-1.6.2-1.src.rpm iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.868-0.18b.src.rpm SLES 10 SP1 - open-iscsi-2.0.7070.25b.src.rpm SLES 10 SP2 - open-iscsi-2.0.7070.44e.src.rpm Should users want to download Softpaqs for iSCSI support, Table 2-2 identifies those Softpaqs. Table 2-2. HP Accelerated iSCSI Softpaq Description HP ProLiant Networking Software Current Softpaq sp43831.exe All firmware upgrades and complete Softpaqs can be downloaded from http:www.hp.com/go/ProLiantNICs. Select ―Support and Documents‖ and enter the product name/number. Additional resources For additional information on the topics discussed in this article, visit these resources: HP iSCSI resources HP network adapters URL http:www.hp.com/go/ProLiantNICs 5