.Part 4 SAN Extension and Bridging HP SAN Design Reference Guide 785354-001

C-series management applications
C-series management applications are as follows:
• Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM)
• Cisco Fabric Manager
• Cisco Device Manager
• CLI
iSCSI initiators
C-series modules support these iSCSI software initiators:
• Microsoft Windows iSCSI Initiator
• Red Hat iSCSI bundled Initiator
• Red Hat SourceForge iSCSI Initiator
• SUSE iSCSI bundled Initiator
• SUSE SourceForge iSCSI Initiator
• IBM AIX native iSCSI Initiator
• Oracle Solaris native iSCSI Initiator
• VMware native iSCSI Initiator
Configuration rules
This section describes the iSCSI limits and rules when using the IP Storage Services Modules, 14/2
Multiprotocol Services Modules, and 18/4 Multiservice Modules in the following:
• HP SN8000C 6-Slot Supervisor 2A Director Switch, HP SN8000C 9-Slot Supervisor 2A
Director Switch, HP SN8000C 13-Slot Supervisor 2A Fabric 2 Director Switch, MDS 9506,
MDS 9509, and MDS 9513 Director switches
• MDS 9216, MDS 9216A, MDS 9216i, and MDS 9222i Fabric switches
• Embedded 14/2 Multiprotocol Services Module in the MDS 9216i Fabric switch
• Embedded 18/4 Multiservice Module in the MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric switch
Multipathing is supported only in a Windows environment using the Microsoft MPIO iSCSI driver.
HP Secure Path is not supported with iSCSI initiators. Contact an HP storage representative for
specific iSCSI support information.
Without multipathing capabilities, the iSCSI initiator can only access one path of the storage
controller, which disables controller failover protection.
The IP Storage Services Modules, 14/2 Multiprotocol Services Module, 18/4 Multiservice Module,
9216i switch, and MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric switch are supported on fabrics constructed
with C-series switches. See “C-series switches and fabric rules” (page 123) for the latest C-series
fabric rules.
Table 190 (page 359) describes C-series module iSCSI limits.
Table 190 C-series iSCSI limits
MaximumC-series iSCSI limits
500Number of initiator/target pairs per port
256Number of active LUNs per initiator/target pair
1,200Number of initiator/target pair/LUN combinations per GbE port
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