If you select ISCSI, you can select which iSCSI alias to set up with network parameters. You also have the boot once option, in which the iSCSI parameters are not saved. When you finish using the iSCSI menus, you can choose any of the other menus or tasks that are listed in Using system management services.
ISCSI Alias Selection No alias : Port 1-IBM 2 PORT 1000 Base-SX PCI-X Adapter: Un-P1-T7 1. ISCSI_DISK1 2. ISCSI_DISK2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key: _
If you choose either of the first two options, the following menu is displayed. Automatic discovery saves only the default iSCSI parameters and Enter Static Parameters saves the user parameters.
ISCSI Discovery Selection iscsi_disk1: Port 1-IBM 2 PORT 1000 Base-SX PCI-X Adapter: Un-P1-T7 1. Enter Static Parameters. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key: _
When you choose Enter Static Parameters, the following menu is displayed. Use this menu to set the initiator parameters. Select Enter Target Parameters to set the target parameters.
ISCSI Initiator Parameters iscsi_disk1: Port 1-IBM 2 PORT 1000 Base-SX PCI-X Adapter: Un-P1-T7 1. Client IP Address [ ] 2. Gateway IP Address [ ] 3. Subnet Mask [ ] 4. Initiator Name. 5. Enter Target Parameters. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key: _
Use the ISCSI Target Parameters menu to set the target parameters. Select Target Name to set the target's name.
ISCSI Target Parameters iscsi_disk1: Port 1-IBM 2 PORT 1000 Base-SX PCI-X Adapter: Un-P1-T7 1. Target IP Address [ ] 2. ISCSI PORT [3260] 3. Target lun [0] 4. Set ISCSI Target Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key: _
If you select Set ISCSI Target Name on the ISCSI Target Parameters menu, the following menu is displayed.
Enter Target Name iscsi_disk1: Port 1-IBM 2 PORT 1000 Base-SX PCI-X Adapter: Un-P1-T7 Must be at least 4 characters. Press Backspace key to delete. Press Enter key to save. Press Esc key to exit without saving name. 1. Clear Current Name. 2. Edit Current Name. [ ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key: _
The initiator name is required if the adapter that you selected on the NIC Adapters menu for the iSCSI network is a network adapter (for example, Ethernet). If the selected adapter is a TCP/IP over Ethernet or TCP/IP offload engine adapter, then the initiator name is in the microcode on the adapter and does not have to be set by the user. Select Initiator Name on the ISCSI Initiator Parameters menu to set the initiator name. The following menu is displayed.
Enter Initiator Name iscsi_disk1: Port 1-IBM 2 PORT 1000 Base-SX PCI-X Adapter: Un-P1-T7 Must be at least 4 characters. Press Backspace key to delete. Press Enter key to save. Press Esc key to exit without saving name. 1. Clear Current Name. 2. Edit Current Name. [ ] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Navigation keys: M = return to main menu ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key: _
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