03-28-2013 01:57 PM - edited 03-01-2019 10:57 AM
Hello,
I am trying to set up iSCSI boot of ESXi on a B200-M2 w/ M71KR-Q card on it.
I add vNIC A and B (each tied to one fabric repectively), but when trying to set up an iSCSI vNIC - I get the error that "Not enough vNICs available".
From searching around, it seems that M71KR-Q may only support 2 vNICs (which I also confirmed by trying to add a third one in, same error message as above).
I just thought that since iSCSI vNIC's overlay the real ones - it would work.
However, even when adding just 1 vNIC and trying to overlay an iSCSI vNIC over it - I get the "There are not enough resources overall, Not enough vNICs available" error message.
Does anyone knwo if it is even possible to iSCSI boot on B200-M2 w/ M71KR-Q on?
Thanks in advance!
Petar
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03-28-2013 02:27 PM
Please refer to this doc in the documents section for iSCSI boot https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-18756 it is very detailed if I can say so myself.
iSCSI boot is only supported on the CiscoVIC adapters and Broadcom mezz. It is not supported on the M71KR-Q Qlogic Gen-1 mezz.
Dave
03-28-2013 02:06 PM
I should note, I am on latest 2.1 (1d) version, and all hardware underneath has been udpated as well.
The errors I get show up when I try to change the server profile - the configuration fails due to those errors as noted.
Thanks.
03-28-2013 02:27 PM
Please refer to this doc in the documents section for iSCSI boot https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-18756 it is very detailed if I can say so myself.
iSCSI boot is only supported on the CiscoVIC adapters and Broadcom mezz. It is not supported on the M71KR-Q Qlogic Gen-1 mezz.
Dave
03-29-2013 06:51 AM
Thanks Dave,
We used our UCS w/ FC storage before, and then decomissioned it. Now I wanted to use it for some other stuff, where I'd need to boot from iSCSI instead of FC, however, I see it is not possible with their current config.
I guess I'll have to resort to VMware's AutoDeploy and boot via PXE instead.
Thank you once again.
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