How do I create a diskless Windows 10 Pc booting from an iscsi?

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sam5280-8263 asked Oct 21, '21 sam5280-8263 commented Oct 22, '21

How do I create a diskless Windows 10 Pc booting from an iscsi?

I have a few questions as this is new to me.

How do I create/configure windows server 2019 (iSCSI) or PXE so it can have a master image and boot a diskless Windows 10?

Do I need a specific iSCSI NIC on the client to be able to boot Windows 10?

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Answer 1 · 2021-10-22T16:33:02.557Z

AlexBykovskyi answered Oct 22, '21 sam5280-8263 commented Oct 22, '21

Hey,

You need to have iSCSI boot-capable NIC to boot of an iSCSI Target. As an example, here is the list iSCSI boot capable Intel NICs:
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000007210/network-and-i-o/ethernet-products.html

Might help be helpful: https://docs.mellanox.com/m/view-rendered-page.action?abstractPageId=12002652

You can you StarWind VSAN free as an iSCSI target to boot from:
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-virtual-san-free

Cheers,
Alex Bykovskyi
StarWind Software
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sam5280-8263 · Oct 22, 2021 at 05:11 PM

Thanks, I do have a Intel iSCSI NIc how we flashing the rom on a UEFI Bios without legacy is proving to be difficult.

I am unable to use any 3rd party tools.

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