Enabling Diskless Windows Boot With iSCSI.ppt

Enabling Diskless Windows Boot With iSCSI Suzanne MorganProgram ManagerWDEG StorageMicrosoft Corporation iSCSI Momentum And Market 40% of large U.S. enterprise respondents have already deployed or intend on to deploy iSCSI SANs by the end of 2006 – Lehman Brothers Sept. CIO Survey Vast Majority of iSCSI Initiator hosts run Windows Blade Server is the fastest growing server segment Migration from DAS to SAN benefits apply to boot volumes as well as Data volumes iSCSI Software Enabled SAN Boot Goals Architecture And Solution Solution Enables boot from LUN located on iSCSI SAN Can be implemented in either NIC Option ROM, Server ROM or PXE No changes needed to NIC driver in Windows Deployment Notes iSCSI Software Enabled SAN boot is designed to be deployed via existing image cloning tools on the market today Support for iSCSI boot RFC 4173 Including DHCP Option 17 and Option 12 Microsoft is investigating the support of single image boot functionality (multiple servers booting from a single image with individual identities) in a future Windows release iSCSI Target Support For Boot Nothing unique needed on the iSCSI target side Supported with iSCSI targets Logo’d under the Designed for Windows Logo Program for hardware Solution Framework Solution is enabled by Microsoft Participating NIC, server vendor or IHV implements required changes in their firmware/BIOS (Tested via WHQL) Solution/configuration prescribed/ delivered by OEM or solution provider Boot version Betas/RC can be downloaded from / Invitation Code: ms-8RR8-6K43 iSCSI Boot Solutions can be submitted to iSCSI Boot Component Logo Requirement Highlights Compliance with iSCSI RFC Including support for login redirection Compliance with existing DHCP/TCP industry specifications Implement iBFT (iSCSI Boot Firmware Table) per specification Compliance with existing industry BIOS specifications Longhorn Server iSCSI Boot Futures Support of Windows/setup installation of Windows Server directly to iSCSI