Me Subsystem; Iscsi Configuration; Iscsi Initiator Name; Add An Attempt - Supermicro Supero X9SRH-7F User Manual

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ME Subsystem

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This item displays the ME Subsystem information.
iSCSI Configuration
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When sharing the iSCSI devices on this machine (iSCSI target), this section is
used to enter the worldwide unique name of an iSCSI initiator. An iSCSI initiator
application must be configured on the machine that will access the iSCSI drives
in this machine. Note: This section will only appear if the Intel iSCSI driver is
integrated into the BIOS..

iSCSI Initiator Name

Only IQN (iSCSI Qualified Names) names are accepted. Please research RFC 3720
and RFC 3721 at the Internet Engineering Task Force website (IETF -- www.ietf.
org) for more information on iSCSI.

Add an Attempt

The settings on this section are setup parameters to connect to a remote iSCSI
device.
iSCSI Attempt Name - assigns a unique name to this attempt.
iSCSI Mode - select Enabled or Disabled.
Internet Protocol - select IP4, IP6 or Autoconfigure.
Connection Retry Count - if the initial connection fails or times out, this is
how many times an attempt will be made to connect.
Connection Establishing Timeout - This is the time in milliseconds the system
will wait for a connection until it times out. The minimum is 100ms and the
maximum is 20 secs.
ISID - This is the OUI-format ISID. The default value is taken from the device's
MAC address. Only the last 3 bytes are configurable.
Enable DHCP - Select Enabled to allow a DHCP server to assign the IP ad-
dresses for this attempt. If this is set to Disabled, then you need to manually
enter the Initiator IP Address, Initiator Subnet Mask and Gateway.
Get target info via DHCP - select Enabled to allow the system to retrieve the
target device information through the DHCP server. The options are Enabled
and Disabled
Target Name - Enter the qualified domain name of the target iSCSI device.
Target IP Address - Enter the IP Address of the target iSCSI device.
Target Port - Enter the port address of the target iSCSI device.
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