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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
In conjunction with presenting Fibre Channel targets to iSCSI hosts, the IPS module presents each iSCSI
host as a Fibre Channel host (in transparent mode), that is, a host bus adapter (HBA) to the Fibre Channel
storage device. The storage device responds to each IP host as if it were a Fibre Channel host connected
to the Fibre Channel network (see Figure 20-3).
Figure 20-3 Fibre Channel SAN View
Note Refer to the IETF standards for IP storage at http://www.ietf.org for information on the iSCSI protocol
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Host A
Host B
Storage array 2
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