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    HP A cceler ated iS C S I f or Multifunc tion Net w or k Ada pter s User G u id e Part Number 410538-00J December 2007 (Ninth Edition)[...]

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    © Copyright 2006 , 2007 Hewlett-Packard Developm ent Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to chan ge without no tice. The only warranties for HP products and services a re set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such produc ts and services. Noth ing herein should be construed as constituti ng an additional w [...]

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    Contents 3 Con t e nt s Overv iew ..................................................................................................................................... 4 iSCSI pr otocol ................................................................................................................. .......................... 4 HP Accelerated iS CSI[...]

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    Overview 4 Ov er v ie w iSCSI protocol The HP iSCSI protocol transports block-level storag e requests over TCP connections. Using the iSCSI protocol, systems can connect to rem ote storage and use it as a physical disk although the remote storage provider or target may actually be providing virtua l physical disks. HP Acce lerated iSCSI supports al[...]

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    Overview 5 Download latest drivers, firmware, and documentation HP updates networking software frequently to include new fu nctionality and features. For the latest driver, firmware, and documentation updates go to the HP website ( http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/ servers/net working/index.html ).[...]

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    Configuring an iSCSI device 6 C onf i gur ing an iS C S I de v i ce iSCSI configuration through the NCU Complete the steps in the followin g sections to enabl e and configure an iSCSI device or to view iSCSI information through the NCU. Install the Network Configuration Utility software If you do not have HP NCU software installed on your server, c[...]

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    Configuring an iSCSI device 7 2. Select Enable iSCSI Device to enable iSCSI on the multifunction adapter. iSCSI cannot be enabled on the device if the adapter is in an Automatic, 802.3ad Dynamic with Fault Tolerance, or Switch- Assisted Load Balancing with Fault Tolerance (SLB) tea m. 3. (Optional steps). Type a user-defined MAC address for the iSC[...]

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    Configuring an iSCSI device 8 4. Click iSCSI IP Settings . The iSCSI IP Settings window appears so that you can specify how the IP Address is obtained. 5. On the iSCSI IP Settings window, sel ect one of the following: a. Obtain an IP Address automatically . This is the default. If this opti on is selected, DHCP is used to acquire an IP configuratio[...]

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    Configuring an iSCSI device 9 iSCSI Devices tab The iSCSI Devices tab lists all HP ProLiant Gigabit Ethernet Multifunction serv er adapters that are iSCSI enabled. A sample iSCSI Devices tab for Windows Server 2003 is shown belo w. If you upgrade the Networ k Configuration Utility (NC U) to version 8.20 or later, the following team types are conver[...]

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    Configuring an iSCSI device 10 1. Select an HP Multifunction Adapter in the NCU Main window or the iSCSI Devices tab and click VLAN (802.1Q) to display the VLAN tab. Alternatively, hold down the Alt key and enter v to display the VLAN tab. The iSCSI VLAN/QOS (802.1p/Q) window displays the foll owing information: o iSCSI VLAN Id . Shows the identifi[...]

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    Configuring an iSCSI device 11 2. To create an iSCSI VLAN, click Add to open the VLAN Properties dialog box. Only one VLAN can be created per iSCSI device. a. In the VLAN Name box, type a descriptive name. b. Click VLAN Id and select an identifier value. c. Click OK . 3. To modify an existing iSCSI VLAN, select the VLAN Id or Name and click Edit to[...]

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    Configuring an iSCSI device 12 2. Select the Information tab to display the Multifunction Adapter Properties Information window. The Detailed iSCSI Information wi ndow displays the following: • Current MAC Address . The current MAC address for the iSCSI device. • iSCSI Driver Name . The name of the driver for the iSC SI device. • iSCSI Driver[...]

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    Configuring an iSCSI device 13 iSCSI Statistics tab To view the iSCSI statistics for the selected adapter: 1. Select an HP Multifunction Adapter in the NCU Main window and click Properties to display the Multifunction Adapter Properties Setting s tab. Alternatively, hold down the Alt key and enter p to display the Settings tab. 2. Select the Statis[...]

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    Acronyms and abbreviations 14 A c r on y ms and abbr e v i ati ons HBA host bus adapter iSCSI Internet Small Computer System Interfa ce RSS Receive-Side Scaling TOE TCP/IP Offload Engine VLAN virtual local-area network[...]

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    Index 15 D devices tab 9 diagnostics 13 drivers 5 I Information tab 11 installation, NCU 6 IP address assignment 9 iSCSI configuration 6 iSCSI devices 9 iSCSI Information tab 11 iSCSI IP settings window 9 iSCSI Settings tab 4, 6 iSCSI Statistics tab 13 iSCSI VLAN tab 9 N Network Configuration Utilit y 6 S Settings tab 6 statistics tab, adapter 13 I[...]