Item

Description

 

 

Use Boot Assistant

Launches the iSCSI Boot Assistant (on page 196). For LHN, you can use the iSCSI Boot

 

Assistant to retrieve and populate most of the configuration and authentication data in

 

this screen.

 

 

iSCSI Boot

 

Configuration

 

Initiator Name

Name used for the iSCSI initiator on the booting system. This name is the IQN name for

 

the host that is created by the storage administrator. The initiator name length can be

 

a maximum of 223 characters.

 

 

Target Name

Name of the target from which to boot. This is the IQN name for the storage device that

 

is provided by the storage administrator during the LUN setup. The target name length

 

can be a maximum of 223 characters.

 

 

Boot LUN

The LUN of the target identifies the volume to be accessed. Valid values for standard

 

LUNs are 0-255 decimal. Valid values for extended LUNs are 13- to 16-character

 

hexadecimal values.

 

 

Target Primary IP

Primary IP address used by the iSCSI target

Address

 

Target Primary Port

The TCP port associated with the primary target IP address. The default value is 3260.

Target secondary IP

Alternate target IP address to use if the primary port is unavailable

Address

 

Target secondary Port

The TCP port associated with the secondary target IP address. The default value is

 

3260.

Initiator Network

 

Configuration

 

VLAN id

The VLAN number that the iSCSI initiator uses for all sent and received packets. Valid

 

values range from 1 to 4094.

 

 

IP Address

IP address used by the iSCSI initiator. This value is in dotted decimal format.

Netmask

IP network mask used by the iSCSI initiator. This value is in dotted decimal format.

Gateway

Default IP route used by the iSCSI initiator. This value is in dotted decimal format.

Authentication Method

 

CHAP (one-way)

One-way Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol. The authentication protocol

 

for authenticating initiators and targets. CHAP is one-way authentication; the iSCSI

 

target authenticates the initiator. The initiators ‘username’ and ‘secret’ are required.

 

 

CHAPM (two-way)

Two-way CHAP. The initiator and target perform two-way authentication. The initiators

 

‘username’ and ‘secret’ and targets ‘username’ and ‘secret’ are required for

 

authentication.

 

 

Username

The user name for authentication when the authentication type is CHAP or CHAPM. The

 

maximum length is 223 characters.

 

 

Secret

The secret password for CHAP or CHAPM authentication. It can be a string or a long

 

hex value (starting with ‘0x’). The value must be at least 12 bytes (or 24 hex digits) and

 

at most 16 bytes (or 32 hex digits).

 

 

Mutual Username

Mutual username for CHAPM authentication

Mutual Secret

The secret password for CHAPM authentication

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