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iSCSI Boot Firmware Table (iBFT) as Defined in ACPI 3.0b Specification

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Overview The iSCSI Boot Firmware (iBF) Table (iBFT) is a block of information that contains various parameters that are useful to the iSCSI Boot process. The iBFT is the mechanism by which iBF parameter values are conveyed to the operating system. The iBF builds and fills in the iBFT. The iBFT is available to the Windows operating system to enable a consistent flow of the boot process.

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Publisher	Microsoft	File Format	WORD
Date Published	August 2009
Format	White Papers
Topics	Network Operating Systems

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