Learn how to install and configure, or remove and replace an iSCSI
Host Bus Adapter (HBA).
This is a customer task. You can perform this task yourself, or contact
a service provider to perform the task for you. You might be charged a fee
by the service provider for this service.
Important: If you came to these instructions
from the
iSCSI install read me first Web page continue
with this procedure. The iSCSI HBA initial installation is one part of a larger
installation procedure guided by the
iSCSI install read me first Web
page. For the installation to be successful, you must follow the full procedure
in order. If you are not following the path in the
iSCSI install read
me first Web page see
http://www.ibm.com/systems/i/systemx/iscsi/readme/. If you do not follow the full procedure the installation
will not be successful.
During the iSCSI HBA installation procedure, you need to refer to the following
documentation to complete several steps:
- The worksheets you completed as a part of the iSCSI Network Planning Guide procedure.
- The documentation, in either hardcopy or on compact disc that came with
your IBM® System x®, xSeries®, or IBM BladeCenter® server.
- The System i® System i integration
with BladeCenter and System
x Web site. This site has the latest iSCSI HBA information, including
information about i5/OS® program
temporary fixes (PTFs) that are required to run the iSCSI HBA environment.
- The Troubleshooting Web page for integrated server
solutions for help troubleshooting the installation.
The iSCSI HBA environment requires that at least one System x, xSeries,
or blade server iSCSI HBA (initiator) is installed in a System x, xSeries,
or BladeCenter server
and that at least one iSCSI HBA (target) is installed in the hosting system
as shown in the following figure. Multiple iSCSI HBAs can be installed in
either the System x, xSeries,
or blade server, or the hosting system. You can perform these installation
steps multiple times to install a multiple adapter environment.
Figure 1. Simple iSCSI network
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