HP NC550SFP Dual Port 10GbE Server Adapter - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 5
iSCSI Overview............................................................................................................................................ 5
Constructing a basic iSCSI SAN .................................................................................................................... 5
Managing an iSCSI session ........................................................................................................................... 5
iSCSISelect .................................................................................................................................. 7
Overview of iSCSISelect ............................................................................................................................... 7
Configuring and managing the iSCSI Initiator .................................................................................. 8
iSCSI Initiator ............................................................................................................................................... 8
Configuring the iSCSI Initiator name .............................................................................................................. 8
Selecting a controller .................................................................................................................................... 9
Configuring network properties ................................................................................................................... 10
Configuring VLAN ID/Priority ...................................................................................................................... 13
Confirming network settings ........................................................................................................................ 15
Target discovery through DHCP ................................................................................................................... 16
Configuring and managing iSCSI targets ....................................................................................... 17
iSCSI targets .............................................................................................................................................. 17
Methods to add iSCSI targets ...................................................................................................................... 17
Configuring an iSCSI target ........................................................................................................................ 18
Managing an iSCSI target .......................................................................................................................... 21
Editing a target configuration ............................................................................................................ 22
Setting an ISID value ........................................................................................................................ 23
Enabling CHAP authentication ........................................................................................................... 23
Pinging a target ............................................................................................................................... 25
Displaying advanced target properties ............................................................................................... 27
Configuring LUN settings .................................................................................................................. 27
Removing a target ............................................................................................................................ 28
Booting the system...................................................................................................................................... 28
Erasing the configuration ............................................................................................................................ 28
Configuring iSCSI boot support .................................................................................................... 30
Setting up a basic iSCSI boot configuration .................................................................................................. 30
Setting up an iSCSI MPIO boot configuration ................................................................................................ 34
iSCSI MPIO boot .............................................................................................................................. 34
Linux ............................................................................................................................................... 34
Windows Server .............................................................................................................................. 35
ESX Server 3.5 ................................................................................................................................ 35
Troubleshooting .......................................................................................................................... 37
Technical support ........................................................................................................................ 39
Before you contact HP ................................................................................................................................ 39
HP contact information ................................................................................................................................ 39
Acronyms and abbreviations ........................................................................................................ 40
Index ......................................................................................................................................... 42