HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator Support Guide (Edition 7)

3 Installation
This chapter contains information on:
• “Locating and Installing the iSCSI Software Initiator” (page 16)
• “iSCSI Software Initiator Components” (page 16)
• “Kernel Build” (page 17)
• “Verifying the Installation” (page 17)
3.1 Locating and Installing the iSCSI Software Initiator
The iSCSI Software Initiator is located at the HP Software Depot.
1. Go to http://www.software.hp.com.
2. Enter “iSCSI Software Initiator” in the “search” box.
3. When the search results show “iSCSI Software Initiator”, click on “Receive for Free”.
4. In the “Software Specification” window, highlight the HP-UX version that you want to install
the HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator on, then complete the required fields and click on “Next
>>”.
5. Look for "Download Software", then click on the iSCSI Software Initiator version that you
would like to download.
6. In the “Document” column (next to the “Download Software” column), click on “Installation
Instruction” to download instructions for using the Software Distributor tool to install the iSCSI
Software Initiator.
NOTE: The Software Distributor is used for software installations on HP-UX systems. It also provides
an interface for removing software from HP-UX systems.
3.2 iSCSI Software Initiator Components
The iSCSI Software Initiator is composed of several files that will be copied to the appropriate
directories on the host system during installation.
Software Distributor will add the following iSCSI files to HP-UX 11i v3 host configurations:
• /usr/conf/mod/iscsi
This is the iSCSI transport driver module that will be linked into the HP-UX kernel.
• /usr/conf/mod/isw
This is the iSCSI software initiator module that will be linked into the HP-UX kernel.
• /opt/iscsi/bin/iscsiutil
This is the iSCSI utility tool.
• /opt/iscsi/bin/iswd
This is the iSCSI Software Interface Driver daemon.
• /opt/iscsi/bin/iscsi_resolvd
This is the iSCSI hostname resolution daemon.
• /opt/iscsi/bin/iradd
This is the iSCSI RADIUS server daemon for CHAP.
• /opt/iscsi/bin/islpd
This is the iSCSI Service Location Protocol (SLP) daemon.
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