HP NC374m HP ProLiant Accelerated iSCSI for Linux User Guide - Page 3

Contents Overview...4 iSCSI protocol...4 Supported operating systems ...4 Supported hardware...4 Installation and configuration ...6 Downloading files ...6 Installing the BRCM Multifunction drivers for Linux 6 Installing the Linux iSCSI offload bnx2i driver 7 Linux iSCSI offload bnx2i driver limitations 8 Uninstalling the HP Linux iSCSI offload bnx2i driver RPM package 8 Linux iSCSI offload bnx2i driver messages...8 Installing the license for embedded adapters 10 Red Hat...11 SLES ...11 Reporting iSCSI Offload status ...12 HP ProLiant Licensing Log and Event File 12 Troubleshoot known issues for HP port-based Linux iSCSI offload 13 Uninstalling the license for HP port-based Linux iSCSI offload 14 Removing the HP ProLiant Licensing RPM 14 Removing the hp-pbl RPM package 14 HP NC-Series iSCSI offload initiator utilities 14 Red Hat...14 SLES ...15 Loading the Linux iSCSI offload bnx2i module 16 Executing the bnx2id application ...16 Binding the iSCSI target...17 Changing the transport binding of the iSCSI node 17 Connecting to the iSCSI target...18 Sample commands to discover targets and create iSCSI connections 18 Acronyms and abbreviations...19 Index...20 Contents 3