iSCSI Boot-from-SAN with VMware ESX

[Sorine]

Hey everybody,

I am working on a project where the customer want an "iSCSI boot from SAN" feature for his virtual machines (under VMware). We have the iSCSI connectivity option for the EVA array, but I don't know how to implement this feature. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

[marsh_1]

hi sorine,

have a look here :-

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=115&prodSeriesId=1833384&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=1833384&objectID=c01538007

for the boot support note for vm ware guest os'es

and all the config and install docs you would need are here :-

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SupportTaskIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&taskId=115&prodSeriesId=1833384&prodTypeId=329290&supportTaskId=22973

hope this helps

[Sorine]

Hi Mark , Thanks for your quick response

But I haven't find an answer for my question: does VMware ESX 3.5 host boot from SAN with the iSCSI connectivity option?
I hope I were more clear this time.

Thanks a lot

[Uwe Zessin]

A VM cannot do a direct iSCSI boot, because it is missing the infrastructure.

http://www.emboot.com/

provides a workaround - it does the primary bootstrap via PXE (which a VM can do), then loads a SW iSCSI intiator which can chain to the OS.