Setting the iSCSI qualified name for the Linux host

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To correctly specify the iSCSI qualified name (IQN) for the Linux® host, the initiator name that you choose must match the iSCSI name that is given to the host object for this system.

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The iSCSI initiator IQN that you configure on the host side should never be the same as the target IQN on the system node.

  1. Edit the /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi file to specify the IQN name. The following example shows a sample name:
    InitiatorName= iqn.1986-03.com.ibm:iscsihost.0
  2. After you change the initiator name, you must start the iSCSI-initiator service again.