Supported Ip Network Adapters; Ip Network Requirements; Setting Up The Iscsi Initiator; Windows Server Iscsi Initiator - HP StorageWorks MPX200 User Manual

Supported IP network adapters

For the latest information on IP network adapter support, see the product release notes or SPOCK at
http://www.hp.com/storage/spock. You must sign up for an HP Passport to enable access.
Table 8 lists the IP network adapters supported by the MPX200.
Table 8 Supported IP network adapters
Operating system
Apple Mac OS X
Microsoft Windows Server 2008,
2003, Hyper-V
Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux
Solaris
VMware

IP network requirements

HP recommends the following:
• Network protocol: TCP/IP IPv6, IPv4, Ethernet 1,000 Mb/s or 10 GbE
• IP data—LAN/VLAN support with less than 10 ms latency; maximum of two VLANs per port, one
VLAN per protocol
• IP management—LAN/WAN support
• Dedicated IP network for iSCSI data
• Jumbo frames
NOTE:
If you configure IPv6 on any MPX200 iSCSI port, you must also configure IPv6 on the HP Command
View management server.

Setting up the iSCSI initiator

This section explains how to set up the iSCSI initiator.

Windows Server iSCSI initiator

For Windows Server 2008, the iSCSI initiator is included with the operating system. For Windows
Server 2003, you must install the iSCSI initiator.
60 MPX200 iSCSI configuration rules and guidelines
Network interconnect
All standard GbE NICs/ASICs supported by Apple
All standard 1 Gbe or 10 GbE NICs/ASICs and TOE NICs supported by
HP for Windows 2008 and 2003
QLogic iSCSI HBAs
All standard 1 Gbe or 10 GbE NICs/ASICs supported by HP for Linux
QLogic iSCSI HBAs
All standard GbE NICs/ASICs supported by Sun
All standard 1 Gbe or 10 GbE NICs/ASICs supported by HP for VMware
QLogic iSCSI HBAs