Installing the initiator for red hat 3 and suse 8 – HP EVA Array iSCSI Connectivity Option User Manual

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Use the iscsiadm command to control discovery and connectivity:

# iscsiadm –m discovery –t st –p 10.6.0.33:3260

Edit the initiator name:

# vi /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi

To start the iSCSI service use the service command:

# service iscsi start

Verify that the iSCSI service autostarts:

#chkconfig iscsi on

NOTE:

For more detail, see the man pages regarding the iscsiadm open-iscsi administration utility.

Installing and configuring for Red Hat 3, 4 and SUSE 8 and 9

To install and configure for Red Hat 3 and 4 and for SUSE 8 and 9:

NOTE:

The iSCSI driver is included with the Red Hat 4 and SUSE 9 distributions and is installed by default.

Configuration is the same for Red Hat 3, 4, SUSE 8 and 9.

Update /etc/iscsi.conf to include the IP address of your iSCSI target. A sample configuration

file might include entries like this:
DiscoveryAddress=33.33.33.101
For a more detailed description of the configuration file format, enter:

man iscsi.conf

Enter the following command to manually start iSCSI services to test your configuration:

/etc/init.d/iscsi start

Modify the /etc/initiatorname.iscsi file to reflect a meaningful name for the initiator. For

example:

InitiatorName=iqn.1987–05.com.cisco:servername.yourcompany.com

NOTE:

In most cases, the only part of the file requiring modification is after the colon.

If there are problems starting the iscsi daemon, they are usually caused by an incorrect IP Address or

an ill-formatted initiator name.

Installing the initiator for Red Hat 3 and SUSE 8

If you are upgrading from a previous installation of an iSCSI driver, HP recommends that you remove the
/etc/initiatorname.iscsi

file before installing the new driver. See the following website for the

latest version of the Linux driver for EVA iSCSI connectivity:

Setting up the iSCSI Initiator and storage