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Locating an Initiator Name to Use for an iSCSI Client
To discover an iSCSI initiator to add as an iSCSI client, issue the
isscli getiscsiinitiators
CLI command as shown:
Note:
It is recommended that you collect initiator IQNs (iSCSI Qualified Names) from your client
servers directly, because in new environments, the unconfigured, undiscovered, or unconnected
initiators may not yet be discoverable.
Adding an iSCSI Client with a Valid Initiator Name
To add an iSCSI client, issue the
isscli addclient
CLI command as shown:
About iSCSI Client Names and Commands
Because iSCSI client names cannot be changed once created, each name must be unique and
used only once on a Memory Gateway. However, the same iSCSI client name is allowed on both
Memory Gateways. Host or cluster names are often used as client names.
Client ID numbers are assigned automatically and sequentially by each Memory Gateway, and
client IDs for deleted clients are not re-used. The iSCSI client command options include the
following parameters (showing the respective settings from the previous CLI example):
•
-s
= Memory Gateway name or ID (
san-array3003-mgb
)
•
-c
= Unique iSCSI client name; 7700 FSP Controller (
cont-ib1-cn6
)
•
-t
= iSCSI target (
ISCSI
)
•
-d
= Client management IP address; not an iSCSI data IP address (
12.16.10.6
)
•
-o
= Client OS type that is installed; Windows, Linux, HP-UX, AIX, Solaris, VMware,
Macintosh, with the default OS being Windows (
Linux
)
•
-i
= iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) representing the iSCSI client initiator
(
iqn.198812.com.oracle:dd6af6e2795
)
The iSCSI client authentication options include the following parameters:
•
-du
= iSCSI default CHAP authentication user
Note:
Some network environments may expect the Challenge-Handshake Authentication
isscli getiscsiinitiators
Total iSCSI Initiators: 3
iSCSI Initiator / IP address
------------------------------------------------
iqn.1988-12.com.oracle:dd6af6e2795 (12.16.10.6)
iqn.1988-11.com.oracle:dd6ad6a2696 (12.15.10.5)
iqn.1988-13.com.oracle:dd6cf6d2213 (12.14.10.4)
[controller ~]# isscli addclient -c <clientname> -t ISCSI -d 12.16.10.6
-o Linux -i iqn.1988-12.com.oracle:dd6af6e2795
Command: addclient executed successfully.