Brocade iSCSI Gateway Service Administrator's Guide (53-1000603-01, October 2007)

iSCSI Gateway Service Administrator’s Guide 13

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Enabling the iSCSI gateway service

The iSCSI gateway service translates and directs SCSI traffic between an iSCSI initiator and an

FC target. This section explains how to enable the iSCSI gateway service on the Brocade 48000.

To enable the iSCSI gateway service

1. Connect and log in to the switch.

2. Enter the following command to show the current Fabric OS configuration.

switch:admin> fosconfig --show

FC Routing service:disabled

iSCSI service:disabled

iSNS Client service: disabled

3. Enter the following command to enable the iSCSI gateway service.

switch:admin> fosconfig --enable iscsi

iSCSI service is enabled

4. Verify that the iSCSI gateway service is enabled.

switch:admin> fosconfig --show

FC Routing service:disabled

iSCSI service:enabled

iSNS Client service:disabled

Enabling the GbE interface

Enable the physical GbE ports. Before enabling the physical iSCSI interface, enable the iSCSI

gateway service as described in “Enabling the iSCSI gateway service” on page 13.

By default, GbE ports are enabled on an FC4-16IP blade installed in the Brocade 48000. However,

if you insert the FC4-16IP blade into a slot that was previously occupied by an FR-18i blade, GbE

ports are disabled.

NOTE

The GbE port number <port_number> below is entered geX; where X is from 0 through 7.

For example ge1 (see Figure 8 on page 12).