HP EVA P6550 HP P6300/P6500 EVA User Guide (5697-2486, September 2013) - Page 91
iSCSI initiator rules, guidelines, and support, General iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines
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Table 18 Operating system and multipath software support Operating system Multipath software Clusters Apple Mac OS X None None Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2003, Hyper-V, and 2012 MPIO with HP DSM MPIO with Microsoft DSM MSCS Red Hat Linux, SUSE Linux Solaris VMware Device Mapper Solaris MPxIO VMware MPxIO None None None Connectivity iSCSI iSCSI, FCoE iSCSI, FCoE EVA storage system EVA4400/4400 with the embedded switch EVA4000/4100/6000/6100/8000/8100 EVA6400/8400 P6300/P6500 P6350/P6550 iSCSI iSCSI, FCoE iSCSI initiator rules, guidelines, and support This section describes the following iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines. General iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines The following are the iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines. • iSCSI Initiators and iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE ports can reside in different IP subnets. This requires setting the iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module's gateway feature. See "set mgmt command" (page 236) for more information. • Both single path and multipath initiators are supported on the same iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE modules. • Fibre Channel, iSCSI, and FCoE presented LUNs must be uniquely presented to initiators running only one protocol type. Presenting a common LUN to initiators simultaneously running different protocols is unsupported. Apple Mac OS X iSCSI initiator rules and guidelines The Apple Mac OS X iSCSI initiator supports the following: • Power PC and Intel Power Mac G5, Xserve, Mac Pro • ATTO Technology Mac driver • iSNS • CHAP iSCSI Initiator operating system considerations: • Host mode setting - Apple Mac OS X • Multipathing is not supported Microsoft Windows iSCSI Initiator rules and guidelines The Microsoft Windows iSCSI Initiator supports the following: • Microsoft iSCSI Initiator versions 2.08, 2.07 • Microsoft iSCSI Initiator for Windows 2012, Windows 2008, Vista, and Windows 7 • Multipath on iSCSI or iSCSI/FCoE module single or dual controller configurations iSCSI initiator rules, guidelines, and support 91
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