Installing and Configuring the QLogic QLA4010 iSCSI HBA (TOE)

2.After Fast!UTIL loads, the display depends on whether there are multiple QLogic HBAs installed:

If there is only one QLogic HBA, the Fast!UTIL Options menu appears.

If there are multiple QLogic HBAs, a list of addresses occupies by those HBAs appears. Use the arrow keys to select the desired HBA; then press ENTER. The Fast!UTIL Options menu appears.

3.Select Configuration Settings from the menu.

4.Select Host Adapter Settings, and enable Host Adapter BIOS.

5.Set the LUNs per target to 256.

6.Set the Initiator IP address (EMC does not currently support DHCP for iSCSI HBAs.)

7.Set the subnet mask for the iSCSI HBA.

8.Set the network gateway IP address.

9.Select the Initiator iSCSI name, and press ENTER. This will display the complete IQN (iSCSI Qualified Name) for the iSCSI HBA. This is similar to the WWN for a fibre-channel HBA. Make a note of the IQN for LUN masking purposes if LUN masking is in use on your storage array.

10.If you are using CHAP security for your iSCSI network, enter the CHAP name and CHAP secret in the appropriate locations in the setting menu.

11.Press ESC to return to the previous menu.

12.Select iSCSI Boot Settings.

13.Select iSCSI Boot, and set it to enabled.

14.Select Primary Boot Device Settings, and press ENTER. Under the Primary Boot Device Settings dialog that appears, enter the security settings (if necessary), target (array port) IP address, and the target port (default of 3260 is the default port number for Symmetrix and CLARiiON iSCSI ports.) Boot LUN and iSCSI Name can be left blank.

15.Press ESC to return to the iSCSI Boot Settings dialog.

16.If you have a alternate boot port that you wish to use, select the Alternate Boot Settings, and repeat the steps in 14 above to set the second port.

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EMC QLogic manual Select Configuration Settings from the menu, Select iSCSI Boot Settings

QLogic specifications

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