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Brocade Web Tools Administrator's Guide (53-0000194-01, November 2006)

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Web Tools Administrator’s Guide 15-1
Publication Number: 53-0000194-01
Chapter
15
Administering the iSCSI Target Gateway
This chapter describes how to use the iSCSI target gateway. The gateway is an intermediate device in
the network, allowing iSCSI initiators in an IP SAN to access and utilize storage in a Fibre Channel
SAN.
• “Supported Platforms for iSCSI,” next
• “About the iSCSI Service” on page 15-1
• “Setting Up iSCSI Target Gateway Services” on page 15-5
Supported Platforms for iSCSI
The iSCSI target gateway service is supported only on the SilkWorm 48000 director with CP blades
running Fabric OS 5.2.0 and configured with an FC4-16IP blade (see the Fabric OS Administrator’s
Guide for more information).
About the iSCSI Service
The Web Tools iSCSI Target Gateway Admin module conducts all management tasks related to the
iSCSI target gateway service. Although iSCSI service is fabric wide, you can manage the iSCSI target
gateway service through any iSCSI-capable switch in a fabric. Any applied iSCSI target gateway
change is propagated and enforced to the whole fabric. Web Tools, as an element management tool,
allows you to manage iSCSI target gateway service through one switch.
Through the iSCSI Target Gateway Admin module, you are able to conduct iSCSI target gateway-
related management tasks, such as creating and managing iSCSI virtual targets, managing iSCSI
sessions and iSCSI authentications, and editing discovery domains sets that enforce iSCSI device access
control. The iSCSI port configuration is available to both the iSCSI Target Gateway Admin module and
the port management module.
When Web Tools is launched from an iSCSI-capable switch, the Switch View displays the iSCSI icon
button in the lower-right side under the blades. You can click the icon to launch the iSCSI Target
Gateway Admin module. All data is refreshed by auto-polling in approximately 90-second intervals.
Web Tools, as a GUI-based SAN element management tool, can recognize and manage the FC4-16IP
port blade in the SilkWorm 48000 director chassis and all Fibre Channel ports and GbE ports on the
blade.