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iSCSI High Availability

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iSCSI High Availability
The following high availability features are available for iSCSI configurations:
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Transparent Target Failover

The following high availability configurations are available:
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iSCSI High Availability with Host Running Multi-Path Software

Figure 50-36
multi-path software. In this scenario, the host has four iSCSI sessions. There are two iSCSI sessions from
each host NIC to the two IPS ports.
Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide
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Transparent Target Failover, page 50-50
Multiple IPS Ports Connected to the Same IP Network, page 50-53
VRRP-Based High Availability, page 50-54
Ethernet PortChannel-Based High Availability, page 50-55
iSCSI high availability with host running multi-path software
iSCSI High availability with host not having multi-path software
shows the physical and logical topology for an iSCSI HA solution for hosts running
Chapter 50 Configuring iSCSI
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