Supported IP network adapters .................................................................................................. 51
IP network requirements ............................................................................................................ 51
Setting up the iSCSI initiator ....................................................................................................... 51
Windows Server iSCSI initiator ........................................................................................... 51
Multipathing ...................................................................................................................... 57
Installing the MPIO feature for Windows Server 2008 ............................................................. 58
Installing the MPIO feature for Windows Server 2003 ............................................................. 60
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Scalable Networking Pack .................................................... 60
Setting up SNP for the HP NC3xxx Multifunction Gigabit server adapter ............................ 61
iSCSI initiator setup for Apple Mac OS X (single-path) ............................................................ 61
Setting up the iSCSI initiator for Apple Mac OS X ............................................................ 61
Setting up storage for Apple Mac OS X .......................................................................... 66
iSCSI initiator setup for Linux ................................................................................................ 66
Installing and configuring the SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 iSCSI driver ................................... 66
Assigning device names ............................................................................................... 71
Target bindings ........................................................................................................... 72
Mounting file systems ................................................................................................... 72
Unmounting file systems ................................................................................................ 72
Presenting EVA storage for Linux .................................................................................... 73
Configuring multipath with the Solaris 10 iSCSI initiator .......................................................... 73
MPxIO overview .......................................................................................................... 73
Configuring Microsoft MPIO iSCSI devices ............................................................................. 81
Microsoft MPIO for iSCSI load-balancing policies ................................................................... 82
Microsoft MPIO with QLogic iSCSI HBA ................................................................................ 83
Installing the QLogic iSCSI HBA ..................................................................................... 83
Installing the Microsoft iSCSI initiator services and MPIO .................................................. 83
Configuring the QLogic iSCSI HBA ................................................................................. 84
Adding targets to the QLogic iSCSI initiator ..................................................................... 86
Presenting LUNs to the QLogic iSCSI initiator ................................................................... 87
Installing the HP MPIO Full Featured DSM for EVA ........................................................... 87
Setting up authentication .................................................................................................... 88
CHAP restrictions .............................................................................................................. 89
Microsoft initiator CHAP secret restrictions ............................................................................ 89
Linux CHAP restrictions ....................................................................................................... 89
ATTO Macintosh CHAP restrictions ...................................................................................... 89
Recommended CHAP policies ............................................................................................. 89
iSCSI session types ............................................................................................................ 89
MPX200 CHAP modes ...................................................................................................... 90
Enabling single-direction CHAP during discovery session and normal session ............................. 90
Enabling CHAP for the MPX200-discovered iSCSI initiator entry .............................................. 91
Enabling CHAP for the Microsoft iSCSI initiator ...................................................................... 91
Enabling CHAP for the open-iscsi iSCSI initiator .................................................................... 92
Enabling single-direction CHAP during discovery session and bi-directional CHAP during normal
session ............................................................................................................................. 94
Enabling bi-directional CHAP during discovery session and single-direction CHAP during normal
session .............................................................................................................................. 95
Enabling bi-directional CHAP during discovery session and bi-directional CHAP during normal
session .............................................................................................................................. 98
5 MPX200 FCIP ................................................................................ 101
MPX200 FCIP product description ............................................................................................. 101
Redundant FCIP network structure example ................................................................................. 101
Using FCIP to encapsulate FC packets ....................................................................................... 102
FCIP Impact on existing iSCSI configurations .............................................................................. 102
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