HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator B.11.31.01 Release Notes (October 2007)

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HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator Release Notes

Announcement

The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator is a software implementation of the iSCSI protocol (RFC 3720) based on

the HP-UX host TCP/IP stack. The iSCSI protocol defines a mass storage transport wedge between TCP and

the SCSI Services layer. The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator is compliant with RFC 3720. To access the IETF

iSCSI Specification RFC 3720, go to:

http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3720.txt

The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator consists of two modules, the iSCSI Transport Driver and the iSCSI

Software Interface Driver.

— The iSCSI Transport Driver is the Session management module.

— The iSCSI Software Interface Driver module interfaces with the host based TCP/IP module.

The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator revision B.11.31.01 is supported on HP servers running HP-UX 11i v3.

• The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator requires no changes to applications that access mass storage

devices.

• The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator revision B.11.31.01 is supported on HP Integrity and HP 9000

servers running HP-UX 11i v3.

Network interface cards (NICs) and network infrastructure components currently supported with 11i v3

are required. NICs with 1 Gigabit or greater transfer rates are strongly recommended.

• For instructions on locating, downloading and installing the HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator, see the

HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator Support Guide.

Availability of Documentation

The latest documentation for iSCSI is available in English in the iSCSI (SCSI Over TCP/IP) section of:

http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html

Available documents include:

• HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator Support Guide

• HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator Release Notes

• HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator Support Matrix