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Configuring Transparent SCSI Routing
This chapter explains the configuration process for a transparent SCSI routing deployment of the
SN 5428-2 Storage Router and provides procedures to verify the configuration. It contains the following
sections:
• Prerequisite Tasks, page 7-1
• Summary of Configuration Process, page 7-1
• Verifying Configuration, page 7-3
Transparent SCSI routing is configured with the values entered with the initial system configuration
script. To verify the configuration, use the CLI commands as described in this chapter.
The web-based GUI is not available for transparent SCSI routing, since this deployment option requires
minimal configuration of the SN 5428-2.
Prerequisite Tasks
Before verifying the transparent SCSI routing configuration, make sure you have configured all system
parameters as described in Chapter 2, “First-Time Configuration,” or Chapter 3, “Configuring System
Parameters.”
Summary of Configuration Process
The configuration parameters needed to create an instance of SCSI routing in an SN 5428-2 deployed
for transparent SCSI routing are entered with the initial system configuration script. Option number 2
(transparent SCSI routing) must be chosen as the configuration deployment for the SN 5428-2 for the
first question in the script.
When you select transparent SCSI routing, the script requests the mode of deployment: static or
dynamic:
• Static mode
For most operations, static mode is the preferred selection. It saves the mappings of IP hosts (iSCSI
clients) to FC addresses (FC initiator WWPNs), making them persistent across iSCSI client
logouts/logins and storage router reboots. These mappings can be removed individually or cleared
entirely using the clear static iscsibindings command. See Chapter 12, “Command Line Interface
Reference,” for more information.