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

sam5280 1 Reputation point
2021-10-21T19:54:56.277+00:00

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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  1. Alex Bykovskyi 1,831 Reputation points
    2021-10-22T16:33:02.557+00:00

    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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