Best Practice; About Hp Dsm For Mpio - HP StorageWorks P4000 User Manual

Best practice

In the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator, target and initiator secrets are not displayed. Keep a separate record
of the iSCSI Initiator CHAP information and the corresponding server information.

About HP DSM for MPIO

If you are using the HP DSM for MPIO, you can use HP DSM for MPIO to access volumes. For more
information about HP DSM for MPIO, refer to the HP StorageWorks P4000 Windows Solution Pack
User Guide.
You can see if you are using HP DSM for MPIO in the CMC by selecting a server in a management
group, then clicking the Volumes and Snapshots tab. The Gateway Connection column shows multiple
connections labeled as DSM.
When accessing volumes from a server using HP DSM for MPIO, keep in mind the following:
• HP DSM for MPIO and the Microsoft MPIO must be installed on the server.
• With these installed, servers automatically use HP DSM for MPIO when you log on to volumes
from the iSCSI initiator.
• If you have dual storage NICs in your server, you can select the Enable multi-path option when
logging on to the volume, and log on from each NIC.
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