Dell PowerVault MD3000i Installation Guide - Page 42

If you are using RHEL 5 or SLES 10 SP1, etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf, linux/etc, iscsid.conf

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FirstBurstLength=262144 MaxBurstLength=16776192 6 Restart the iSCSI daemon by executing the following command from the console: /etc/init.d/iscsi restart 7 Verify that the server can connect to the storage array by executing this command from a console: iscsi -ls If successful, an iSCSI session has been established to each iSCSI port on the storage array. Sample output from the command should look similar to this: SFNet iSCSI Driver Version ...4:0.1.11-3(02-May-2006) TARGET NAME : iqn.1984-05.com.dell:powervault.6001372000f5f0e600000000463b9292 TARGET ALIAS : HOST ID : 2 BUS ID : 0 TARGET ID : 0 TARGET ADDRESS : 192.168.0.110:3260,1 SESSION STATUS : ESTABLISHED AT Wed May 9 18:20:27 CDT 2007 SESSION ID : ISID 00023d000001 TSIH 5 TARGET NAME : iqn.1984-05.com.dell:powervault.6001372000f5f0e600000000463b9292 TARGET ALIAS : HOST ID : 3 BUS ID : 0 TARGET ID : 0 TARGET ADDRESS : 192.168.0.111:3260,1 SESSION STATUS : ESTABLISHED AT Wed May 9 18:20:28 CDT 2007 SESSION ID : ISID 00023d000002 TSIH 4 If you are using RHEL 5 or SLES 10 SP1 Configuration of the iSCSI initiator for RHEL version 5 and SLES 10 SP1 distributions is done by modifying the /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file, which is installed by default when you install MD Storage Manager. You can edit the file directly, or replace the default file with a sample file included on the MD3000i Resource CD. To use the sample file included on the CD: 1 Save the default /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file by naming it to another name of your choice. 2 Copy the appropriate sample file from /linux/etc on the CD to /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf. 3 Rename the sample file to iscsid.conf. 42 Setting Up Your iSCSI Storage Array

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Setting Up Your iSCSI Storage Array
FirstBurstLength=262144
MaxBurstLength=16776192
6
Restart the iSCSI daemon by executing the following command from the console:
/etc/init.d/iscsi restart
7
Verify that the server can connect to the storage array by executing this command from a console:
iscsi -ls
If successful, an iSCSI session has been established to each iSCSI port on the storage array. Sample
output from the command should look similar to this:
********************************************************************
SFNet iSCSI Driver Version ...4:0.1.11-3(02-May-2006)
********************************************************************
TARGET NAME
: iqn.1984-05.com.dell:powervault.6001372000f5f0e600000000463b9292
TARGET ALIAS
:
HOST ID
: 2
BUS ID
: 0
TARGET ID
: 0
TARGET ADDRESS
: 192.168.0.110:3260,1
SESSION STATUS
: ESTABLISHED AT Wed May
9 18:20:27 CDT 2007
SESSION ID
: ISID 00023d000001 TSIH 5
********************************************************************
TARGET NAME
: iqn.1984-05.com.dell:powervault.6001372000f5f0e600000000463b9292
TARGET ALIAS
:
HOST ID
: 3
BUS ID
: 0
TARGET ID
: 0
TARGET ADDRESS
: 192.168.0.111:3260,1
SESSION STATUS
: ESTABLISHED AT Wed May
9 18:20:28 CDT 2007
SESSION ID
: ISID 00023d000002 TSIH 4
If you are using RHEL 5 or SLES 10 SP1
Configuration of the iSCSI initiator for RHEL version 5 and SLES 10 SP1 distributions is done by
modifying the
/etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf
file, which is installed by default when you install MD Storage
Manager. You can edit the file directly, or replace the default file with a sample file included on the
MD3000i Resource CD
.
To use the sample file included on the CD:
1
Save the default
/etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf
file by naming it to another name of your choice.
2
Copy the appropriate sample file from
/linux/etc
on the CD to
/etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf
.
3
Rename the sample file to
iscsid.conf
.