can anyone suggest iscsi network card with iscsi boot capability for home env?

Started by ggnfs000, December 10, 2021, 10:26:57 PM

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ggnfs000

I am looking for cheaper and used type of any iSCSI card with boot capability or BOOT ROM during BIOS Power on self test.
I can not afford obviously the enterprise grade card with multiple 1000$ worth. Any suggestion?
I bought one from ebay "Intel EXPI9404PT Ethernet PRO/1000 PCI-E PT Quad Port Server Adapter" but it arrived DOA and i dont even know this card had boot capability.
Thanks.,

Dieselboy

Hi,

I think you need a motherboard with BIOS that supports IBFT.

Failing that, I have used an SD-Card to hold the boot table and boot iscsi from there (RHEL / CentOS). With this, the process is:
1. load BIOS
2. boot HDD (sdcard)
3. boot system from iscsi disk