Promise Technology 2-Year Extended Warranty for VessR2000 RAID Head - Manual (Page 620)

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iSCSI management uses the following terms:
• “Basic iSCSI” (below)
• “iSCSI on a VLAN” on page 595
• “Initiator” on page 597
• “Target” on page 597
• “Portal” on page 598
• “Port” on page 599
• “Trunk” on page 599
• “Session” on page 599
• “iSNS” on page 600
• “CHAP” on page 600
• “Ping” on page 600
Also see “Managing iSCSI Connections” on page 231.
A detailed explanation of iSCSI functions and how to best use them is beyond the scope of this document. For
more information, contact the Internet Engineering Task Force at http://www.ietf.org/
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See the diagram below.
To set up the data connections on a Vess iSCSI subsystem:
1. Add a new portal. See “Adding iSCSI Portals” on page 236.
Note which iSCSI port you chose for the portal..
2. Assign the new portal to the target.
3. Map the target to a LUN. See “Adding a LUN Map” on page 223.
Connect your iSCSI data cable to the iSCSI port you chose for the new portal.
See “iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN)” on page 50.
4. Add your iSCSI intiators to the Vess’s initiator list.