HP BL25/35/45p HP ProLiant Accelerated iSCSI for Windows - Page 4

Overview iSCSI protocol The HP iSCSI protocol transports block-level storage requests over TCP connections. Using the iSCSI protocol, systems can connect to remote storage and use it as a physical disk although the remote storage provider or target may actually be providing virtual physical disks. HP Accelerated iSCSI supports all targets that are certified and supported by Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator. HP Multifunction Server Adapters can be enabled as iSCSI devices or virtual iSCSI host bus adapters (HBAs). iSCSI HBAs provide the capability to run iSCSI protocol over offloaded TCP connections. By offloading the TCP connection processing to an HP Multifunction Server Adapter, CPU utilization is reduced allowing additional processing capacity for applications. HP Accelerated iSCSI capability The HP Accelerated iSCSI capability is available as a standard feature with standup, mezzanine, and embedded HP Multifunction Server Adapters and HP Multifunction Server Adapters for HP BladeSystem servers. It is available as a licensable option for most embedded HP NC-Series 1 GbE and 10 GbE adapters (for a complete list, see "Supported adapters (on page 4)") through the purchase of an HP ProLiant Accelerated iSCSI license. Supported adapters • HP NC370T PCI-X Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC370F PCI-X Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC370i PCI-X Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter * • HP NC371i PCI-X Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter* • HP NC373F PCI Express Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC373T PCI Express Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC373m PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter for c-Class BladeSystem • HP NC373i Integrated Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter* • HP NC374m PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC380T PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC382T PCI Express Dual Port Multifunction Gigabit Server Adapter • HP NC382m Dual Port 1GbE Multifunction BL-c Adapter • HP NC382i Integrated Quad Port PCI Express Gigabit Server Adapter Overview 4