Table Of Contents; Contents - Dell PowerVault TL4000 User Manual

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1. Read this first .......................................................................................................................................... 2
2. Contents .................................................................................................................................................. 3
3. Figures ..................................................................................................................................................... 5
4. Safety and Environmental Notices ....................................................................................................... 7
5. Preface ..................................................................................................................................................... 8
5.1 Product Description ........................................................................................................................... 8
6. Installing the iSCSI bridge ................................................................................................................... 10
6.1 SAS Bus Connections ..................................................................................................................... 15
7. Configuring the iSCSI bridge .............................................................................................................. 17
7.1 Initial set up ...................................................................................................................................... 17
7.2 Network Connections ....................................................................................................................... 20
7.2.1 Setting the Hostname .................................................................................................................. 20
7.2.2 Setting up the Gateway ............................................................................................................... 20
7.2.3 Setting up the DNS Server .......................................................................................................... 20
7.2.4 Setting the IP-address ................................................................................................................. 21
7.2.5 Setting the Subnet-Mask ............................................................................................................. 21
7.2.6 Setting the Broadcast-Address .................................................................................................... 21
7.2.7 Committing the changes .............................................................................................................. 21
7.2.8 Reconnect to the bridge ............................................................................................................... 21
7.3 Network Ping ................................................................................................................................... 22
7.3.1 Ping a Nework address ................................................................................................................ 23
7.4 Setting the Password ....................................................................................................................... 25
7.5 Network Services ............................................................................................................................. 26
7.6 iSCSI Target .................................................................................................................................... 27
7.6.1 CHAP Settings ............................................................................................................................. 27
7.7 Multipath Settings ............................................................................................................................ 28
8. iSCSI Sessions ..................................................................................................................................... 29
8.1 Device Management ........................................................................................................................ 30
8.1.1 Global Settings ............................................................................................................................ 30
8.1.2 Individual Device Info ................................................................................................................... 31
9. Maintenance .......................................................................................................................................... 32
9.1 System Information .......................................................................................................................... 32
9.2 System Log ...................................................................................................................................... 33
9.3 Load/Save Configuration ................................................................................................................. 34
9.3.1 Import Configuration .................................................................................................................... 34
9.3.2 Export Configuration .................................................................................................................... 35
9.3.3 Restore Defaults .......................................................................................................................... 35
9.4 Firmware Updates ........................................................................................................................... 36
10. Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................................... 38
10.1 Network Problems ........................................................................................................................... 38
10.2 Device related Problems .................................................................................................................. 38
10.3 Poor Performance ............................................................................................................................ 39
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