Novell INTERNET STORAGE SERVICE ADMINISTRATION GUIDE

iSNS for Linux Administration Guide

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Contents

About This Guide 7

1 iSNS for Linux Overview 9

1.1 How iSNS Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

1.2 Benefits of iSNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

1.3 What's Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2 iSNS for Linux Installation and Setup 11

2.1 Installing iSNS for Linux. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.2 Setting Up iSNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.2.1 Configuring iSCSI Targets and Initiators to Use iSNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

2.2.2 Starting iSNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.2.3 Creating iSNS Discovery Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2.2.4 Creating iSNS Discovery Domain Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.2.5 Adding iSCSI Nodes to a Discovery Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.2.6 Adding Discovery Domains to a Discovery Domain Set . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2.2.7 Setting Up the iSCSI Initiator to Use the iSNS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

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A Documentation Updates 15

A.1 November 14, 2007 (Updates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

A.1.1 Setting Up iSNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

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