iSCSCI iBFT install

[davidmonk]

I am trying to install Proxmox VE 6.3 onto Cisco UCS M4 blades with iSCSI boot LUN. I see there is a post and a wiki article about installing to iSCSI boot LUN using PXE. I have no issues installing RHEL and ESXi to this environment. I see Debian 10 claims iBFT can auto configure at install using:

disk-detect/ibft/enable=true partman-iscsi/iscsi_auto=true

However, even with this the Proxmox installer does not see the LUN.

Any pointers on this? The method describe in the previously mentioned post/wiki article appears to be rather ancient and seriously convoluted.

 

[Stoiko Ivanov]

AFAIR the proxmox installer does not support installing to a iSCSI lun (maybe the UCS blades can be configured to show the LUN as 'local' disk?)

You can always try to install PVE on top of Debian Buster.
https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Install_Proxmox_VE_on_Debian_Buster

Also the following thread might provide some pointers and help:
https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxmox-6-0-1-install-on-cisco-ucs-blades.59690/

I hope this helps!