HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator Support Guide, HP-UX 11i v1 and 11i v2, July 2005

Chapter 4

Configuration

Configuring the iSCSI Software Initiator

# iscsiutil [/dev/iscsi] -a -I <ip-address> [-P <tcp-port>] [-M <portal-grp-tag>]

where

-a adds a discovery target address into iSCSI persistent information. Only discovery target addresses can

be added using this option.

-I is the option that requires the IP Address or the Hostname of the discovery target portal address as an

argument.

<ip-address> is the IP Address or Hostname component of the target network portal.

[-P <tcp-port>] is the listening TCP port component of the discovery target network portal (optional).

The default iSCSI TCP port number is 3260.

[-M <portal-grp-tag>] is the target portal group tag (optional). The default target portal group tag for

discovery targets is 1.

for example:

# iscsiutil -a -I 192.1.1.110

or, if the Hostname of the target portal access is used:

# iscsiutil -a -I target.hp.com

If an iSCSI TCP port of the network portal used by a discovery target is different than the default iSCSI

port (3260), the TCP port of the network portal used by the discovery target must be specified, for

example:

# iscsiutil -a -I 192.1.1.110 -P 5001

# iscsiutil -a -I target.hp.com -P 5001

5. To display the discovery target(s) that have been configured, enter:

# iscsiutil -p -D

6. To discover the operational target devices, enter:

# /usr/sbin/ioscan -H 255

7. To create the device files for the targets, enter:

# /usr/sbin/insf -H 255

8. To display operational targets, enter:

# iscsiutil -p -O

All of the iSCSI login keys configured by default by the iSCSI Software Initiator apply to all of the targets

connected to the iSCSI host node. Currently, there are three iSCSI login keys that may be configured by the

user on a per target basis.

The three user configurable login keys are:

HeaderDigest

DataDigest