Plan the boot mode for your hosted system

The boot mode determines how IP and storage information required to boot Windows is delivered to an iSCSI HBA in the hosted system.

Dynamically delivered to the remote system via DHCP
This is the default mode. A DHCP server on the iSeries™ server automatically provides configuration information via the configured NWSH adapters. See Diskless booting over iSCSI.

• Multiple NWSDs can use the hosted system at different times.
• This mode can be used on switched networks and on routed networks connected by a DHCP relay.
• When IPSec is enabled, DHCP traffic is allowed to pass between the iSCSI HBAs

Manually configured on the remote system

• Only one NWSD can use the hosted system.
• This setting works on networks without DHCP relay.
• When IPSec is enabled between the iSCSI HBAs, DHCP traffic is blocked on the iSCSI network.