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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Fabric Manager Configuration Guide
OL-6965-03, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 2.x
Chapter 20 iSCSI Configuration
Configuring iSCSI
Figure 20-1 Typical IP to Fibre Channel SAN Configuration
IPS modules enable you to create virtual iSCSI targets and then map them to physical Fibre Channel
targets available in the Fibre Channel SAN. They present the Fibre Channel targets to IP hosts as if the
physical targets were attached to the IP network (see Figure 20-2).
Figure 20-2 iSCSI View
Switch 1
IP
Network
IP host A
IP host B
iscsi
iscsi
Storage array 2
T-3
Storage array 1
T-1
Disk subsystem
T-2
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Switch 1
IP
Network
IP Host A
IP Host B
Storage array 1
T-1
Storage array 2
T-3
Disc subsystem
T-2
Virtual iSCSI
targets
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iscsi
iscsi