Dependent hardware iscsi adapter does not support boot from an iSCSI SAN
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Article ID: 324895
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Products
VMware vSphere ESXi
Issue/Introduction
Symptoms: ESXi hosts can boot from an iSCSI SAN using the software iSCSI adapters and network adapters. Dependent hardware iSCSI adapter does not support boot from an iSCSI SAN.
Boot LUN device cannot be accessed by dependent hardware iSCSI adapter. It cannot deploy ESXi and boot from the iSCSI SAN by dependent hardware iSCSI adapter.
Resolution
To resolve this issue, use software iSCSI adapters and network adapters for iSCSI boot from SAN work.