HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator B.11.31.03c Release Notes HP-UX 11i v3 Abstract This document provides information about the October 2011 web release of the HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator for HP-UX 11i v3.
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1 HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator overview 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.
Corrective action: None. This issue might be corrected in a subsequent release. • Attempts to activate Volume Groups or mount file systems on an iSCSI device prior to network initialization cause error messages. iSCSI Physical Volumes (PVs) are network dependent devices, which are not accessible until the network subsystem is initialized. Attempts during system startup (prior to network initialization) to activate Volume Groups or mount file systems on an iSCSI device generate failure error messages.
.3 Hardware requirements This version of HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator runs on HP Integrity and HP 9000 servers with the HP-UX 11i v3 operating system. Network interface cards (NICs) and network infrastructure components currently supported with HP-UX 11i v3 are required. NICs with 1 Gigabit or greater transfer rates are strongly recommended. 6 Related information The latest documentation for iSCSI is available in English in the “iSCSI (SCSI Over TCP/IP)” section of http://www.hp.
