Ethernet drive network configuration

Use the Modify iSCSI action from the Drives page to configure an Ethernet drive's network settings and optionally assign a new name or alias to the drive.

Ethernet drives have the following properties:

iSCSI name

Each drive is automatically assigned a default name in the format naa.<WWNN>, where <WWNN> is a unique identifier assigned by the library to each drive slot. For example, the drive in the slot with the WWNN name of 50:05:07:63:00:19:F2:00 has the iSCSI name naa.500507630019F200.

Drives can be renamed, but names must comply with the standards defined in the Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) Protocol (RFC 7143). Drive names can have a maximum length of 223 characters. All alphabetic characters must be lowercase.

iSCSI alias

Each drive is automatically assigned a default alias in the format Library <serial-number>, Drive F#,C#,R# (for example, Library 13FB002,Drive F2,C3,R1).

Aliases can be changed or deleted. An alias has a maximum length of 255 characters.

DHCP

DHCP is enabled by default. When DHCP is enabled, the port 0/port 1 addresses, gateway, and subnet mask fields are blank since these settings are provided by DHCP.

If you disable DHCP, you will need to provide these settings using IPv4 format (for example, 9.1.2.3). You can apply these settings to an individual drive, or to a range of drives by selecting multiple drives from the Drives table.

Each port can be configured separately so that ports in the same drive can be attached to different subnets.

Port 0/Port 1 addresses

Port 0 is required; port 1 is optional.

If multiple drives are selected, enter the starting address for a port and the system will calculate and assign the ending address of the range based on the number of drives selected.

Gateway and subnet mask

Gateway is optional; subnet mask is required.

If multiple drives are selected and all of the selected drives have the same gateway and/or subnet mask, that address is displayed in the corresponding field. Otherwise, the field is blank and the value you enter is applied to all selected drives.