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<h3 id="rzahqintegratedhcpserver">Integrated DHCP server</h3>
<p>The iSeries&trade; iSCSI attached server solution provides an integrated DHCP server.
The server is used to deploy boot parameters to the hosted system iSCSI HBA
when the Dynamically delivered to the remote system via DHCP option is specified
in the i5/OS&trade; remote system configuration object and AUTO or DHCP mode is specified
in the hosted server iSCSI HBA.</p>
<p>The integrated DHCP server is not a general purpose server. It is intended
to exclusively deploy boot parameters to the hosted server iSCSI HBA. The
server is automatically configured with the parameters provided in the remote
system configuration when an network server description (NWSD) is varied on.</p>
<p>The DHCP server will only respond to the hosted server's iSCSI HBA
DHCP client. All of the iSCSI HBA DHCP client requests use an IBM&reg; defined vendor
id. The server is programmed to respond to requests that use the default vendor
id. Any other requests from other devices in the network will be ignored by
the DHCP server.</p>
<p>Providing the MAC addresses of the hosted server iSCSI HBAs in the remote
system configuration object is very important. In addition to the vendor id
previously described, the integrated DHCP server uses the MAC address to properly
deploy boot parameters. MAC address is part of the specific scope required
to ensure proper parameter deployment.</p>
<p>The scope provided by the vendor id and MAC address can be changed. While
this is considered an advanced function, provisions have been put in place
to allow the advanced and sophisticated users to more specifically configure
this setting, when required. The default vendor id can be configured to other
values. Configuration screens are available in the hosted server iSCSI HBA
adapter CTRL-Q set up utility and the corresponding remote system configuration
object. This advanced function is compliant with the RFC 2132 specification.
For more details on advanced configurations see <a href="http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/integratedxseries/iscsireadme" target="_blank">iSCSI install read me first</a>
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<p>When an incoming DHCP request is received by the integrated DHCP server
and all of the required scope is matched, the integrated DHCP server provides
to the DHCP client the IP addresses for the boot target device. The boot target
device is the network server host adapter (NWSH) where the boot virtual disk
is configured. The server also provides the IP address for the initiator or
DHCP client. The initiator is the iSCSI HBA in the hosted server that will
be used to boot over iSCSI.</p>
<p>In addition, the integrated DHCP server provides the globally unique iSCSI
Qualified Names (IQNs) that represent the target and initiator devices to
the hosted system iSCSI HBA.</p>
<p>Both of these sets of IP addresses and IQNs are in the iSeries configuration
objects used to define the hosted server. The target IP address is defined
in the NWSH object. The initiator IP address and initiator IQN are defined
in the remote system configuration object. The target IQN is automatically
configured and defined in the NWSD object. For more information about these
objects refer to <a href="scnwsd.htm#scnwsd">Network server description</a>.</p>
<p>The integrated DHCP server is a key and integral component when implementing
hot spares. The DHCP boot mode enables automatic deployment of the required
parameters defined in the iSeries software objects, eliminating the need
to manually configure a server when boot parameters (IP addresses and IQNs)
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