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Introduction to the iSCSI Gateway Service
This chapter describes the FC4-16IP blade iSCSI gateway service. The iSCSI gateway service is
supported only on the Brocade 48000 director running Fabric OS v5.2.0 or higher with one or more
iSCSI-enabled FC4-16IP blades.

In this chapter

Supported iSCSI initiators

The following table lists iSCSI initiators supported by the iSCSI gateway service.
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iSCSI initiator driver versions
NIC/TOE cards
iSCSI Gateway Service Administrator's Guide
53-1000603-01
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Supported iSCSI initiators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
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Overview of iSCSI gateway service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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Checklist for configuring iSCSI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
supported iSCSI initiators
Windows
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MS iSCSI initiator 2.02.
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MS iSCSI initiator 2.03.
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MS iSCSI initiator 2.04.
Linux
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RH EL 4 default initiator.
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2.6.10 - 4.0.2 iSCSI initiator (SourceForge,Net initiator).
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2.4.20 - 3.6.2 iSCSI initiator (SourceForge,Net initiator).
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SUSE 9.
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SUSE 10.
Solaris
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iSCSI is built-in the 5.11 with the latest Solaris Express release.
AIX
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iSCSI is built-in in the 5.3 ML4
HP-UX
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11i v1 - B.11.23.03e
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11 iv2 - B.11.23.03e
iSCSI HBAs
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Alacritech SES2002XT
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Qlogic 4050c
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