If you select ISCSI, you can select which iSCSI alias to set up with network parameters. 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
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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services
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Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key: _ If you select an ISCSI alias, the ISCSI Discovery Selection menu is displayed.
ISCSI Discovery Selection
iscsi_disk1: Port 1-IBM 2 PORT 1000 Base-SX PCI-X Adapter: Un-P1-T7
1. Enter Static Parameters.
2. Ping Test.
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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services
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Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key: _ When you select Ping Test, a menu similar to the following example is displayed.
ISCSI Ping Test Parameters
iscsi_disk1: Port 1-IBM 2 PORT 1000 Base-SX PCI-X Adapter: Un-P1-T7
Client IP Address
Server IP Address
Gateway IP Address
Subnet Mask
1. Execute ping test
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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services
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Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key: _When you select Enter Static Parameters, the ISCSI Initiator Parameters menu is displayed.
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.
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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services
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Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key: _ Use the ISCSI Target Parameters menu to set the target parameters.
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
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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services
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Type menu item number and press Enter or select Navigation key: _ Select Target Name to set the target's name. If you select Set Initiator Name on the ISCSI Initiator Parameters menu or Set ISCSI Target Name on the ISCSI Target Parameters menu, a menu similar to the following example 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.
[ ]
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Navigation keys:
M = return to main menu
ESC key = return to previous screen X = eXit System Management Services
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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.