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17 Configuring iSCSI Optimization . . . . . . . 459
iSCSI Optimization Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
What Does iSCSI Optimization Do?. . . . . . . . . 460
How Does the Switch Detect iSCSI
Traffic Flows?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
How Is Quality of Service Applied to iSCSI
Traffic Flows?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
How Does iSCSI Optimization Use ACLs? . . . . . 461
What Information Does the Switch Track in
iSCSI Traffic Flows?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
How Does iSCSI Optimization Interact With
Dell EqualLogic Arrays? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
What Occurs When iSCSI Optimization Is
Enabled or Disabled?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
How Does iSCSI Optimization Interact with
DCBx?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
How Does iSCSI Optimization Interact with
Dell Compellent Arrays? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
iSCSI CoS and Priority Flow Control/Enhanced
Transmission Selection Interactions . . . . . . . . 465
Default iSCSI Optimization Values . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Configuring iSCSI Optimization (Web) . . . . . . . . . 467
iSCSI Global Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
iSCSI Targets Table. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
iSCSI Sessions Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
iSCSI Sessions Detailed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Configuring iSCSI Optimization (CLI) . . . . . . . . . . 471
iSCSI Optimization Configuration Examples . . . . . . 473
Configuring iSCSI Optimization Between
Servers and a Disk Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473