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7 mpx200 iscsi configuration rules and guidelines – HP MPX200 Multifunction Router User Manual

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7 MPX200 iSCSI configuration rules and guidelines.........................................52

iSCSI rules and supported maximums .......................................................................................52
P6000 EVA storage system rules and guidelines.........................................................................52
HP P6000 Command View management rules and guidelines......................................................53
P6000 EVA storage system software..........................................................................................53

Features supported for iSCSI hosts........................................................................................53
Features not supported for iSCSI hosts...................................................................................54

3PAR StoreServ Storage system rules and guidelines....................................................................54
XP storage system rules and guidelines......................................................................................54
Fibre Channel switch and fabric support....................................................................................55
Operating system and multipath software support.......................................................................55
iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines............................................................................................56

Apple Mac OS X iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines..............................................................56
Microsoft Windows iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines...........................................................56
Linux iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines ..............................................................................57
Solaris iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines ............................................................................57
VMware iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines..........................................................................57

Supported IP network adapters ................................................................................................58
IP network requirements ..........................................................................................................58
Setting up the iSCSI initiator.....................................................................................................58

Windows Server iSCSI initiator ...........................................................................................59
Multipathing.....................................................................................................................65
Installing the MPIO feature for Windows Server 2012, 2008...................................................66
Installing the MPIO feature for Windows Server 2003............................................................68
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack....................................................69

Setting up SNP for the HP NC3xxx Multifunction Gigabit server adapter..............................69

iSCSI initiator setup for Apple Mac OS X (single-path)............................................................69

Setting up the iSCSI initiator for Apple Mac OS X.............................................................70
Setting up storage for Apple Mac OS X...........................................................................74

iSCSI initiator setup for Linux...............................................................................................74

Installing and configuring the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 iSCSI driver.....................................74

Installing and configuring the iSCSI driver for Red Hat 5................................................77
Installing and configuring the iSCSI driver for Red Hat 4 and SUSE 9..............................77
Installing the iSCSI initiator for Red Hat 3 and SUSE 8..................................................77

Assigning device names.................................................................................................78
Target bindings.............................................................................................................78
Mounting file systems.....................................................................................................79
Unmounting file systems.................................................................................................79
Presenting P6000 EVA storage for Linux...........................................................................79

iSCSI Initiator setup for VMware..........................................................................................80
Configuring multipath with the Solaris 10 iSCSI initiator..........................................................83

MPxIO overview...........................................................................................................83

Preparing the host system..........................................................................................84
Enabling MPxIO for an HP P6000 EVA storage array...................................................84
Enable iSCSI target discovery.....................................................................................86
Modifying the target parameter MaxRecvDataSegLen...................................................87
Monitoring the multipath devices................................................................................88

Configuring Microsoft MPIO iSCSI devices............................................................................89
Microsoft MPIO for iSCSI load-balancing policies...................................................................90
Microsoft MPIO with QLogic iSCSI HBA................................................................................90

Installing the QLogic iSCSI HBA......................................................................................91
Installing the Microsoft iSCSI initiator services and MPIO....................................................91
Configuring the QLogic iSCSI HBA..................................................................................91
Adding targets to the QLogic iSCSI initiator......................................................................93

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