Installing And Configuring The Iscsi Driver For Red Hat 5; Installing And Configuring The Iscsi Driver For Red Hat 4 And Suse 9; Installing The Iscsi Initiator For Red Hat 3 And Suse 8 - HP MPX200 User Manual

Installing and configuring the iSCSI driver for Red Hat 5

NOTE: The iSCSI driver package is included but is not installed by default. Install the package
iscsi initiator utils during or after operating system installation.
To install and configure the iSCSI driver for Red Hat 5:
1. Use the iscsiadm command to control discovery and connectivity:
# iscsiadm –m discovery –t st –p 10.6.0.33:3260
2. Edit the initiator name:
# vi /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi
3. Start the iSCSI service:
# service iscsi start
4. Verify that the iSCSI service starts automatically:
#chkconfig iscsi on
NOTE: For details, see the man pages for the iscsiadm open-iscsi administration utility.

Installing and configuring the iSCSI driver for Red Hat 4 and SUSE 9

NOTE: The iSCSI driver is included with the Red Hat 4 and SUSE 9 distributions and is installed
by default. Configuration is the same for Red Hat 3 and 4 and SUSE 8 and 9.
To install and configure the iSCSI driver for Red Hat 4 and SUSE 9:
1. Update the /etc/iscsi.conf file to include the IP address of the iSCSI target.
The configuration file might include entries like this:
DiscoveryAddress=33.33.33.101
For a detailed description of the configuration file format, enter the following command:
man iscsi.conf
2. Manually start iSCSI services to test your configuration:
/etc/init.d/iscsi start
3. Modify the /etc/<initiatorname>.iscsi file to assign a meaningful name to the initiator.
For example:
InitiatorName=iqn.1987–05.com.cisco:servername.yourcompany.com
NOTE: In most cases, you only modify the text following the colon.
If there is a problem starting the iscsi daemon, it is usually due to an incorrect IP address or an
incorrectly formatted initiator name.

Installing the iSCSI initiator for Red Hat 3 and SUSE 8

If you are upgrading from a previous version of an iSCSI driver, HP recommends that you remove
the /etc/<initiatorname>.iscsi file before installing the new driver. For the latest version
of the Linux driver for P6000 EVA iSCSI connectivity, see:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-iscsi
NOTE: The Linux driver supports both Red Hat 3 and SUSE 8. For information on how to configure
the Linux iSCSI initiator, see the Readme file in the tar ball.
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