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VMA02 iSCSI For AIX and VIO Leibl Andreas
VMA02 iSCSI For AIX and VIO Leibl Andreas
Andreas Leibl
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Questions?
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Agenda
What is iSCSI?
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What is iSCSI?
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Uses TCP/IP
typically ports 860 and 3260
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Three formats
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Hostname or IP address
e.g. openfiler02.mydomain.com, 192.168.178.99
Port number
usually 3260
iSCSI name
e.g. iqn.2009-10.uk.co.rstc-ltd.openfiler02:disk.for.tlpar1.rootvg
A CHAP secret
Authentication with CHAP secrets is optional
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iSCSI Authentication
Authentication is optional
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Special iSCSI cards can increase speed and reduce latency and
CPU load
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iSCSI Storage
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Agenda
What is iSCSI?
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What is Openfiler
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Openfiler Features
Web-based interface
Storage Consolidation
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Agenda
What is iSCSI?
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iSCSI targets
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Go to “Volume Groups”
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Go to “iSCSI targets”
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Agenda
What is iSCSI?
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[Entry Fields]
iSCSI Protocol Device iscsi0
Description iSCSI Protocol Device
Status Available File or ODM
iSCSI Initiator Name [iqn.clienthostname.ho> or iSNS
Maximum number of commands to queue to driver [200] +#
Discovery Policy file +
Maximum Targets Allowed [16] +#
Apply change to DATABASE only no +
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ODM configuration
suitable for boot disks
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Example:
10.1.2.3 3260 iqn.2006-01.com.of:tsn.tmachine1.t01 "bigsecret"
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smit iscsi
“Add an iSCSI Target Device in ODM” - “Add a Statically Discovered iSCSI Target
Device in ODM”
[Entry Fields]
iSCSI Adapter iscsi0
iSCSI Target Name []
IP Address of iSCSI Target []
Port Number of iSCSI Target []
Password []
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Agenda
What is iSCSI?
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Questions?
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