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Page 1: User Guide
HP Accelerated iSCSI for Multifunction Network Adapters User Guide Part Number 410538-00J December 2007 (Ninth Edition) - Page 2 The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Overview... 4 iSCSI protocol... 4 HP Accelerated iSCSI capability... 4 iSCSI supported operating systems ... 4 Supported iSCSI targets ... 4 Download latest drivers, firmware, and documentation ... 5 Configuring an iSCSI device ... 6 iSCSI configuration through the NCU... 6 Install the Network Configuration Utility software ... -
Page 4: Overview
Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator. HP Multifunction Server Adapters can be enabled as iSCSI devices or virtual iSCSI host bus adapters (HBAs). iSCSI HBAs provide the capability to run iSCSI protocol over offloaded TCP connections. By offloading the TCP connection processing to an HP Multifunction Server Adapter, CPU utilization is reduced allowing additional processing capacity for applications. -
Page 5: Download Latest Drivers, Firmware, And Documentation
Download latest drivers, firmware, and documentation HP updates networking software frequently to include new functionality and features. For the latest driver, firmware, and documentation updates go to the HP website (http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/networking/index.html). Overview 5... -
Page 6: Configuring An Iscsi Device
Configuring an iSCSI device iSCSI configuration through the NCU Complete the steps in the following sections to enable and configure an iSCSI device or to view iSCSI information through the NCU. Install the Network Configuration Utility software If you do not have HP NCU software installed on your server, complete the following steps to install the NCU for Windows operating systems: Go to the HP website (http://www.hp.com). - Page 7 Select Enable iSCSI Device to enable iSCSI on the multifunction adapter. iSCSI cannot be enabled on the device if the adapter is in an Automatic, 802.3ad Dynamic with Fault Tolerance, or Switch- Assisted Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance (SLB) team.
- Page 8 Click iSCSI IP Settings. The iSCSI IP Settings window appears so that you can specify how the IP Address is obtained. On the iSCSI IP Settings window, select one of the following: Obtain an IP Address automatically. This is the default. If this option is selected, DHCP is used to acquire an IP configuration for the iSCSI device.
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Page 9: Iscsi Devices Tab
Devices tab The iSCSI Devices tab lists all HP ProLiant Gigabit Ethernet Multifunction server adapters that are iSCSI enabled. A sample iSCSI Devices tab for Windows Server 2003 is shown below. If you upgrade the Network Configuration Utility (NCU) to version 8.20 or later, the following team types are converted to the Transmit Load Balancing (TLB) team type if they include an iSCSI-enabled adapter. - Page 10 Select an HP Multifunction Adapter in the NCU Main window or the iSCSI Devices tab and click VLAN (802.1Q) to display the VLAN tab. Alternatively, hold down the Alt key and enter v to display the VLAN tab. The iSCSI VLAN/QOS (802.1p/Q) window displays the following information: iSCSI VLAN Id.
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Page 11: Iscsi Information Tab
Click VLAN Id and select an identifier value. Click OK. To modify an existing iSCSI VLAN, select the VLAN Id or Name and click Edit to open the VLAN Properties dialog box. To delete an existing iSCSI VLAN, select the VLAN Id or Name and click Remove. - Page 12 VLAN Id. The identification number (if any) for the virtual iSCSI VLAN device. iSCSI Packet Priority. The packet priority for the iSCSI device. Page File Created. Indicates whether or not the Windows page file was created on an iSCSI drive that is attached to the adapter. The values are Yes and No.
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Page 13: Iscsi Statistics Tab
To view the iSCSI statistics for the selected adapter: Select an HP Multifunction Adapter in the NCU Main window and click Properties to display the Multifunction Adapter Properties Settings tab. Alternatively, hold down the Alt key and enter p to display the Settings tab. -
Page 14: Acronyms And Abbreviations
Acronyms and abbreviations host bus adapter iSCSI Internet Small Computer System Interface Receive-Side Scaling TCP/IP Offload Engine VLAN virtual local-area network Acronyms and abbreviations 14... -
Page 15: Index
NCU 6 IP address assignment 9 iSCSI configuration 6 iSCSI devices 9 iSCSI Information tab 11 iSCSI IP settings window 9 iSCSI Settings tab 4, 6 iSCSI Statistics tab 13 iSCSI VLAN tab 9 Network Configuration Utility 6 Settings tab 6...