Brocade Fabric OS Administrator's Guide Supporting Fabric OS v6.3.0 (53-1001336-02, November 2009)

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iSCSI gateway service overview
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Supported iSCSI initiators
The following table lists iSCSI initiators supported by the iSCSI gateway service.
Checklist for configuring iSCSI
After you install the FC4-16IP blade in the Brocade 48000 director (see the Brocade FC4-16IP
Hardware Reference Manual), you configure the iSCSI gateway service. The following table
provides a high-level overview of the commands and links to the sections that detail the
procedures. See the Fabric OS Command Reference for detailed information on the commands.
TABLE 50 Supported iSCSI initiators
iSCSI initiator driver versions
Windows
• MS iSCSI initiator 2.02.
• MS iSCSI initiator 2.03.
• MS iSCSI initiator 2.04.
Linux
• RH EL 4 default initiator.
• 2.6.10 - 4.0.2 iSCSI initiator (SourceForge,Net initiator).
• 2.4.20 - 3.6.2 iSCSI initiator (SourceForge,Net initiator).
• SUSE 9.
• SUSE 10.
Solaris
• iSCSI is built-in with the 5.11 with the latest Solaris Express release.
AIX
• iSCSI is built-in in the 5.3 ML4
HP-UX
• 11i v1 - B.11.23.03e
• 11 iv2 - B.11.23.03e
NIC/TOE cards
iSCSI HBAs
• Alacritech SES2002XT
• Qlogic 4050c
TABLE 51 iSCSI target gateway configuration steps
Step Command Procedure
1 Activate iSCSI for the
FC4-16IP.
fosConfig --enable iscsi “Enabling the iSCSI gateway
service” on page 267
2 Configure the IP address
for GbE port(s).
portCfg ipif slot/ge port create ipaddress
netmask mtu_size
“Configuring the GbE interface”
on page 269
3 Optional) Configure the IP
route for the GbE port(s).
portCfg iproute slot/ge port args “Configuring the GbE interface”
on page 269
4(Easy) Automatically maps
FC targets to iSCSI targets
and names target with
unique IQN.
iscsiCfg --easycreate tgt “Automatic iSCSI VT creation” on
page 271