From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 5 19:08:07 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78BD016A419 for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 19:08:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tpresence@hotmail.com) Received: from bay0-omc1-s32.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc1-s32.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.104]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F02813C45D for ; Fri, 5 Oct 2007 19:08:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tpresence@hotmail.com) Received: from BAY121-W6 ([207.46.10.41]) by bay0-omc1-s32.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.3959); Fri, 5 Oct 2007 11:56:08 -0700 Message-ID: X-Originating-IP: [67.165.196.192] From: The Presence To: Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2007 12:56:08 -0600 Importance: Normal MIME-Version: 1.0 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Oct 2007 18:56:08.0262 (UTC) FILETIME=[63900E60:01C80781] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Freebsd 6.2 and booting from iSCSI X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:08:07 -0000 I recently deployed a NetAPP S300 device, and I want to be able to load sys= tem OS from it. I have several HP DL380 G3 systems that I want to be able to boot from iSCS= I, but I am not sure how to proceed. NetAPP states that the adapters I wou= ld want to do this are the QLA405x and QLA406x lines. Since the HP DL380 G= 3s use PCI-X I need the QLA-4050 or the QLA-4052 adapters. Unfortunately, = QLogic states that they only support Windows, RHEL, and SuSE. Firstly, has anyone had any luck booting from any system with FreeBSD. My = main drivers here are: 1) I can do a bare-metal restore very simply. 2) I can easily change base system by just changing the TOE parameters in B= IOS. 3) I can have multiple systems have access to the same data without having = to have multiple copies of the data, but do this in block mode instead of f= ile mode. Secondly, has anyone actually had this work with the HP DL380 G3? If so wh= at HBA did you use to do it? Since the QLogic network cards start at aroun= d $800 or so, I don't want to make this a trial and error effort, if its av= oidable. Kevin _________________________________________________________________ Boo!=A0Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare= ! http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=3Dwl_hotma= ilnews=