Windows PE and iSCSI Initiator for Win2008 W7

Originally I needed something to do a bare metal recovery using the Windows Backup tool available in Vista/2008/W7/R2.

By default, the recovery disc does not support iSCSI.

This should do the trick. I also cannot take the credit because I adapted it from one written by somebody else. I have credited the original Author in the batch file.

If there are any questions, feel free to email me.

I’ll also include the files required at the bottom of this posting.

Microsoft: If you feel that I am violating TOS/EULA, please contact me and I’ll take down the files.

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Supermicro PDSMI+ IPMI

Supermicro and their IPMI.

For those that are using thei PDSMI+ paired with their IPMI Mini-PCI adapter, try the following settings.

As stated in the manual, Intel NICs require the use of the LAN1′s actual MAC addy and not the one beside the IPMI slot. What gives?

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