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Concepts

Initiators = clients Targets = storage devices on remote servers Ports = 860 & 3260

iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN)

iqn.2010-05.com.example:storage:diskarrays-sn-a05221971

Type always iqn
Date (yyyy-mm) that the naming authority took ownership of the domain
Naming Auth reversed domain name of the authority
String definition Optional “:” prefixing a storage target name specified by the naming authority

How-To: Connect Initiator to Target

Linux

yum install iscsi-initiator-utils
/etc/init.d/iscsid start
iscsiadm --mode discoverydb --type sendtargets --portal ip.of.target.server --discover
iscsiadm --mode node --targetname iqn.yyyy-mm.target.server:target --portal ip.of.target.server:3260 --login

Solaris

iscsiadm add discovery-address ip.to.target.server
iscsiadm modify discovery --sendtargets enable
iscsiadm list discovery
iscsiadm list target
devfsadm -i iscsi

iSCSI Open Source Servers

OpenFiler

  • Linux-based
  • Installed with 256MB
  • 600MB space used
  • Web UI
  • https://localhost:446
    • Default user: openfiler
    • Default password: password

FreeNAS

  • Free-BSD based
  • Installed with 512MB
  • 600MB space used
    • Can install on USB
  • Web UI
  • https://localhost:80
    • Default user: admin
    • Default password: freenas

NexentaStor

  • OpenSolaris based
  • Installed with 1GB
  • 2 GB space used
  • ZFS
  • Open Source up to 18TB
  • Web UI
  • https://localhost:2000
    • Default user: admin
    • Default password: nexenta
iscsi.txt · Last modified: 2017/11/10 02:12 by mark