C-Series Management Applications; Iscsi Initiators; Configuration Rules - HP StorageWorks 4000/6000/8000 - Enterprise Virtual Arrays Reference Manual

C-series management applications

C-series management applications are as follows:
Cisco Fabric Manager
Cisco Device Manager
CLI

iSCSI initiators

C-series modules support these iSCSI software initiators:
Microsoft Windows iSCSI Initiator
Red Hat iSCSI bundled Initiator
Red Hat SourceForge iSCSI Initiator
SUSE iSCSI bundled Initiator
SUSE SourceForge iSCSI Initiator
Novell NetWare native iSCSI Initiator
IBM AIX native iSCSI Initiator
Sun Solaris native iSCSI Initiator
VMware native iSCSI Initiator

Configuration rules

This section describes the iSCSI limits and rules when using the IP Storage Services Modules, 14/2
Multiprotocol Services Modules, and 18/4 Multiservice Modules in the following:
MDS 9506, MDS 9509, and MDS 9513 Director switches
MDS 9216, MDS 9216A, MDS 9216i, and MDS 9222i Fabric switches
Embedded 14/2 Multiprotocol Services Module in the MDS 9216i Fabric switch
Embedded 18/4 Multiservice Module in the MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric switch
Multipathing is supported only in a Windows environment using the Microsoft MPIO iSCSI driver. HP
Secure Path is not supported with iSCSI initiators. Contact an HP storage representative for specific
iSCSI support information.
Without multipathing capabilities, the iSCSI initiator can only access one path of the storage controller,
which disables controller failover protection.
The IP Storage Services Modules, 14/2 Multiprotocol Services Module, 18/4 Multiservice Module,
9216i switch, and MDS 9222i Multiservice Fabric switch are supported on fabrics constructed with
C-series switches. See
the latest C-series fabric rules.
388 iSCSI storage
"C-series Fibre Channel and FCoE switches and fabric rules" on page 135 for