User`s guide

7 – Setting Up Connections
Configuring Targets
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7.3.1
Configuring Targets Using Discovery
The discovery method is an excellent timesaver for finding and entering iSCSI
targets. You can use this method to find all available targets, delete targets you do
not want, and then have access only to the remaining devices. This method prevents
you from having to enter iSCSI names for each target.
Use the discovery mechanism to configure a new target that supports and responds
to the SendTargets command by following these steps:
1. In the SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager main window HBA tree, select the HBA
port. Click the Target Settings tab. The Target Settings tabbed page displays
(see figure 7-3).
2. In the target configuration section, click the green plus sign (+) on the right. A
new line displays.
3. The IP Address dialog box displays. Enter the IP address of the target to which
you want to connect. This target must support the SendTargets command. Click
OK.
4. Leave the iSCSI Name box blank.
5. If you want the targets to be bound to the QLA4xxx HBA, select the Auto-bind
Discovered Targets check box. All targets, whether entered manually or found
using discovery, will be automatically bound to the HBA (the check box in the
Bind column will be selected) when the target configuration is saved.
6. If you want all of the discovered targets to be restored when the QLA4xxx HBA
is reset, select the Auto-discover (Rediscover Prior SendTargets on Save)
check box.
7. Click Save. The QLA4xxx HBA does the following:
❑ Resets (reboots the HBA only) if you have made changes to the firmware
configuration parameters in section 7.3.3.
❑ Connects to the target
❑ Queries the target through a SendTargets command
❑ Discovers all devices allowed by the target
❑ Shows the targets as dynamic (the Dynamic (read only) check box is
selected).
❑ Selects the Bind check box if the Auto-bind Discovered Targets check
box was selected
❑ Makes these new targets available on the Target Settings tabbed page.