Administrator Guide

NOTE: Aliases can contain up to 30 characters. Aliases can include letters, numbers, and the special characters

underscore (_), minus (-), and pound sign (#). No other special characters are permitted.

NOTE: Open iSCSI (which is used by Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 with SP 1)

does not support using target alias.

Changing iSCSI target discovery settings

To change the iSCSI target discovery settings:

1. In the AMW, select the Setup tab.

2. Select Manage iSCSI Settings.

The Manage iSCSI Settings window is displayed.

3. Select the Target Discovery tab.

4. Select Use iSNS to activate iSCSI target discovery.

5. To activate iSCSI target discovery, you can use one of the following methods:

• Select Obtain configuration automatically from DHCP server to automatically activate target discovery for IPv4 settings

using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). You can also refresh the DHCP.

• Select Specify Configuration, and type the IPv4 address to activate the target discovery.

• Type the iSNS server IP address in the IPv6 settings area to activate the target discovery.

NOTE: After you manually enter an IP address, you can also click Advanced to configure the customized TCP

listening ports.

NOTE: If you do not want to allow discovery sessions that are not named, select Disallow un-named discovery

sessions.

NOTE: Un-named discovery sessions are discovery sessions that are permitted to run without a target name. With an

un-named discovery session, the target name or the target portal group tag is not available to enforce the iSCSI

session identifier (ISID) rule.

6. Click OK.

Configuring the iSCSI host ports

The default method for configuring the iSCSI host ports, for IPv4 addressing, is DHCP. Always use this method unless your network does

not have a DHCP server. It is advisable to assign static DHCP addresses to the iSCSI ports to ensure continuous connectivity. For IPv6

addressing, the default method is Stateless auto-configuration. Always use this method for IPv6.

To configure the iSCSI host ports:

1. In the AMW, select the Setup tab.

2. Select Configure iSCSI Host Ports.

The Configure iSCSI Ports window is displayed.

3. In the iSCSI port list, select an appropriate RAID controller module and an iSCSI host port.

The connection status between the storage array and the host is displayed in the Status area when you select an iSCSI host port. The

connection status is either connected or disconnected. Additionally, the media access control address (MAC) of the selected iSCSI

host port is displayed in the MAC address area.

NOTE: For each iSCSI host port, you can use either IPv4 settings or IPv6 settings or both.

4. In the Configured Ethernet port speed list, select a network speed for the iSCSI host port.

The network speed values in the Configured Ethernet port speed list depend on the maximum speed that the network can support.

Only the network speeds that are supported are displayed.

All of the host ports on a single controller operate at the same speed. An error is displayed if different speeds are selected for the host

ports on the same controller.

5. To use the IPv4 settings for the iSCSI host port, select Enable IPv4 and select the IPv4 Settings tab.

6. To use the IPv6 settings for the iSCSI host port, select Enable IPv6 and select the IPv6 Settings tab.

7. To configure the IPv4 and IPv6 settings, select:

Using iSCSI