HP StorageWorks MPX200 User Manual page 4

XP storage system rules and guidelines .................................................................................. 56
Fibre Channel switch and fabric support ...................................................................................... 56
Operating system and multipath software support ......................................................................... 56
iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines .............................................................................................. 57
Apple Mac OS X iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines .............................................................. 57
Microsoft Windows iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines ........................................................... 57
Linux iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines ............................................................................... 58
Solaris iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines ............................................................................ 58
VMware iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines ........................................................................... 58
Supported IP network adapters .................................................................................................. 60
IP network requirements ............................................................................................................ 60
Setting up the iSCSI initiator ....................................................................................................... 60
Windows Server iSCSI initiator ........................................................................................... 60
Multipathing ...................................................................................................................... 66
Installing the MPIO feature for Windows Server 2008 ............................................................. 67
Installing the MPIO feature for Windows Server 2003 ............................................................. 69
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack .................................................... 69
Setting up SNP for the HP NC3xxx Multifunction Gigabit server adapter ............................ 70
iSCSI initiator setup for Apple Mac OS X (single-path) ............................................................ 70
Setting up the iSCSI initiator for Apple Mac OS X ............................................................ 70
Setting up storage for Apple Mac OS X .......................................................................... 75
iSCSI initiator setup for Linux ................................................................................................ 75
Installing and configuring the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 iSCSI driver ................................... 75
Assigning device names ............................................................................................... 80
Target bindings ........................................................................................................... 81
Mounting file systems ................................................................................................... 81
Unmounting file systems ................................................................................................ 82
Presenting EVA storage for Linux .................................................................................... 82
iSCSI Initiator setup for VMware ........................................................................................... 82
Configuring multipath with the Solaris 10 iSCSI initiator .......................................................... 87
MPxIO overview .......................................................................................................... 88
Configuring Microsoft MPIO iSCSI devices ............................................................................. 96
Microsoft MPIO for iSCSI load-balancing policies ................................................................... 97
Microsoft MPIO with QLogic iSCSI HBA ................................................................................ 98
Installing the QLogic iSCSI HBA ..................................................................................... 98
Installing the Microsoft iSCSI initiator services and MPIO .................................................. 98
Configuring the QLogic iSCSI HBA ................................................................................. 99
Adding targets to the QLogic iSCSI initiator ................................................................... 101
Presenting LUNs to the QLogic iSCSI initiator ................................................................. 102
Installing the HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA ......................................................... 102
Microsoft Windows Cluster support ..................................................................................... 103
Microsoft Cluster Server for Windows 2003 .................................................................. 103
Microsoft Cluster Server for Windows 2008 .................................................................. 104
Setting up authentication .................................................................................................. 105
Restrictions ..................................................................................................................... 105
Microsoft initiator CHAP secret restrictions .......................................................................... 106
Linux CHAP restrictions ..................................................................................................... 106
ATTO Macintosh CHAP restrictions .................................................................................... 106
Recommended CHAP policies ........................................................................................... 106
iSCSI session types .......................................................................................................... 106
MPX200 CHAP modes .................................................................................................... 106
Enabling single-direction CHAP during discovery session and normal session ........................... 107
Enabling CHAP for the MPX200-discovered iSCSI initiator entry ............................................ 108
Enabling CHAP for the Microsoft iSCSI initiator .................................................................... 108
Enabling CHAP for the open-iscsi iSCSI initiator .................................................................. 109
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