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Cisco mds 9000 family cli configuration guide - release 4.x (ol-18084-01, february 2009)

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Configuring iSCSI

S e n d d o c u m e n t a t i o n c o m m e n t s t o m d s f e e d b a c k - d o c @ c i s c o . c o m

For the Fibre Channel SAN view, the IPS module or MPS-14/2 module presents iSCSI hosts as a virtual

Fibre Channel host. The storage devices communicate with the virtual Fibre Channel host similar to

communications performed with real Fibre Channel hosts (see

The IPS modules or MPS-14/2 modules transparently map the command between the iSCSI virtual target

and the virtual Fibre Channel host (see

Routing SCSI from the IP host to the Fibre Channel storage device consists of the following main

FCP (the Fibre Channel equivalent of iSCSI) carries SCSI commands over a Fibre Channel SAN.

Refer to the IETF standards for IP storage at

OL-18084-01, Cisco MDS NX-OS Release 4.x

Fibre Channel SAN View—iSCSHI Host as an HBA

iSCSI to FCP (Fibre Channel) Routing

The iSCSI requests and responses are transported over an IP network between the hosts and the IPS

module or MPS-14/2 module.

The SCSI requests and responses are routed between the hosts on an IP network and the Fibre

Channel storage device (converting iSCSI to FCP and vice versa). The IPS module or MPS-14/2

module performs this conversion and routing.

The FCP requests or responses are transported between the IPS module or MPS-14/2 module and

the Fibre Channel storage devices.

iSCSI to FCP(FC) routing

iSCSI Virtual

Target iqn.T1

SCSI Routing

http://www.ietf.org

Cisco MDS 9000 Family CLI Configuration Guide

FC Target T1

for information on the iSCSI protocol.

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