Chapter 1 Before Configuring SN
Transparent SCSI Routing Overview
Basic Network Structure
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Transparent SCSI Routing Mapping and Access Control
Transparent SCSI routing occurs in an SN
•Mapping iSCSI targets to physical targets
•Mapping each IP host to a Fibre Channel (FC) address
Mapping iSCSI targets to physical targets makes the physical targets accessible to IP hosts. Mapping each IP host to an FC
Mapping iSCSI targets to physical targets consists of creating iSCSI targets that represent physical targets in an intelligent storage array. An iSCSI target is an arbitrary name for a group of physical storage devices; one iSCSI target is automatically created for each target made available by the intelligent storage array.
The iSCSI target name is created automatically using the iSCSI extended unique identifier (EUI) format. The EUI format combines the prefix “eui” with each WWPN made available by the intelligent storage array. For example, if the WWPN of a target in a storage array were 3100112233445566, then an iSCSI target would be created in the SN
Transparent SCSI routing maps iSCSI targets to physical targets using
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