iSCSI BASED BARE METAL OS IMAGE DEPLOYMENT AND DISKLESS BOOT

摘要

Various examples of the present technology provide a method for iSCSI based bare metal OS image deployment and diskless boot in a server system. In some examples, methods for iSCSI based bare metal OS image deployment and diskless boot in a server system comprise setting a boot order of a BIOS of the server system to iSCSI NIC of a controller (e.g., BMC) of the server system, setting iSCSI boot configuration to the controller, updating the boot order based at least upon information from the controller, syncing the iSCSI boot configuration to the BIOS of the server system based upon the information from the controller, and causing the server system to be booted from a specific target IP and LUN of an iSCSI storage server of a SAN.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for a server system, comprising:
causing a basic input/output system (BIOS) boot order of the server system to be set at an Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) network interface controller (NIC) of the server system, the iSCSI NIC configured to receive the BIOS boot order from a network coupled to the server system; causing an iSCSI boot configuration to be set at a controller of the server system, the controller configured to receive the iSCSI boot configuration from the network; updating the BIOS boot order based at least upon information from the controller; syncing the iSCSI boot configuration from the controller to a BIOS of the server system; and booting the server system from a specific target IP and a Logical Unit Number (LUN) of an iSCSI storage device of a Storage Area Network (SAN), the SAN coupled to the server system via the network.