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Initiating Customized Discovery
Initiating Customized Discovery
Customized discovery consists of a list of VSAN and domain pairs that are selectively configured to
initiate a discovery. Use the custom-list option to initiate this discovery. The domain ID is a number
from 0 to 255 in decimal or a number from 0x0 to 0xFF in hex.
Authenticating iSCSI Targets
To authenticate iSCSI targets, first specify the initiators. To specify initiators, follow these steps:
Be sure you are connected to a switch that contains an IPS module.
Step 1
Open Device Manager.
Step 2
Choose IP > iSCSI. You see the iSCSI dialog box.
Step 3
Click the Initiators tab if it is not already selected. You see a table listing iSCSI initiators, VSAN
Step 4
membership, and, if applicable, persistent node and port WWN addresses.
Click Create. You see the Create iSCSI Initiators dialog box.
Step 5
Step 6
Enter the initiator name in the Name field.
Step 7
Enter the VSAN membership number in the VSAN Membership field.
Step 8
Enter all the node and port information.
Click Create to add this initiator to the table. Click Close to exit the Create iSCSI Initiators dialog box
Step 9
without adding the initiator. Like physical N ports, iSCSI Initiators will appear in the Fabric Login table.
Specifying Targets
To specify targets, follow these steps:
Be sure you are connected to a switch that contains an IPS module.
Step 1
Open Device Manager.
Step 2
Choose IP > iSCSI. You see the iSCSI dialog box.
Step 3
Click the Targets tab if it is not already selected.
Step 4
You see a list of statically assigned and dynamically discovered Fibre Channel targets. Click Import to
automatically discover and populate this list with existing targets. Click Create to assign a port address
or control iSCSI access to certain targets.
Click Create. You see the Create iSCSI Targets dialog box.
Step 5
Enter the target name in the Name field.
Step 6
Enter the port WWN, node access information, and advertised interfaces information in the appropriate
Step 7
fields.
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