Hp ProLiant Accelerated iSCSI for Windows User Guide
HP ProLiant Accelerated iSCSI for Windows User Guide
Part Number 410538-00K
May 2008 (Eleventh Edition)
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Contents
Overview..................................................................................................................................... 4
iSCSI protocol........................................................................................................................................... 4
HP Accelerated iSCSI capability.................................................................................................................. 4
iSCSI supported operating systems .............................................................................................................. 4
Supported iSCSI targets .............................................................................................................................4
Download latest drivers, firmware, and documentation .................................................................................. 5
Configuring an iSCSI device .......................................................................................................... 6
iSCSI configuration through the NCU........................................................................................................... 6
Install the Network Configuration Utility software .................................................................................6
iSCSI Settings tab...................................................................................................................................... 6
iSCSI Devices tab...................................................................................................................................... 9
iSCSI VLAN tab ........................................................................................................................................9
iSCSI Information tab............................................................................................................................... 11
iSCSI Statistics tab................................................................................................................................... 13
iSCSI Diagnostics tab............................................................................................................................... 14
Acronyms and abbreviations........................................................................................................ 15
Index......................................................................................................................................... 16
Contents 3
Overview
iSCSI protocol
The HP iSCSI protocol transports block-level storage requests over TCP connections. Using the iSCSI
protocol, systems can connect to remote storage and use it as a physical disk although the remote storage
provider or target may actually be providing virtual physical disks. HP Accelerated iSCSI supports all
targets that are certified and supported by Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator.
HP Multifunction Server Adapters can be enabled as iSCSI devices or virtual iSCSI host bus adapters
(HBAs). iSCSI HBAs provide the capability to run iSCSI protocol over offloaded TCP connections. By
offloading the TCP connection processing to an HP Multifunction Server Adapter, CPU utilization is
reduced allowing additional processing capacity for applications.
HP Accelerated iSCSI capability
The HP Accelerated iSCSI capability is available as a standard feature with standup and mezzanine HP
Multifunction Server Adapters and HP Multifunction Server Adapters for HP BladeSystem servers. It is
available as a licensable option, through the purchase of an HP ProLiant Accelerated iSCSI license, for
embedded HP Multifunction Server Adapters.
iSCSI supported operating systems
iSCSI capabilities are available on the following operating systems:
• Windows Server 2008 Enterprise
• Windows Server 2008 x64 Enterprise
• Windows Server 2003
• Windows Server 2003 x64
To enable iSCSI on adapters running Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 x64 systems,
the Microsoft® iSCSI Software Initiator version 2.0 or later software must be installed. This software is
required to configure the iSCSI protocol, including discovery portals, iSCSI targets, authentication, and so
on.
For systems running Windows Server 2003 (SP1) or Windows Server 2003 x64 (SP1), you must upgrade
to Service Pack 2 or later.
Accelerated iSCSI is not supported on HP NC-Series 10 GbE adapters in this release.
Supported iSCSI targets
HP Accelerated iSCSI supports all targets that are certified and supported by Microsoft iSCSI Software
Initiator.
Overview 4
Among HP branded targets supporting iSCSI are the AiO family
(http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/aiostorage.html
(http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/disk_storage/msa_diskarrays/index.html
with the mpx 100b iSCSI Connectivity Kit
(http://h18006.www1.hp.com/storage/disk_storage/eva_diskarrays/eva_arrays/index.html
iSCSI Solutions (http://h71028.www7.hp.com/enterprise/cache/550328-0-0-0-121.html
information about iSCSI storage solutions from HP.
), the MSA SAN Storage Array product line
Download latest drivers, firmware, and documentation
HP updates networking software frequently to include new functionality and features. For the latest driver,
firmware, and documentation updates go to the HP website
(http://h18004.www1.hp.com/products/servers/networking/index.html
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