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

Chapter 5

Management

SAM

NOTE For detailed information about SAM, see Using System Administration Manager (SAM). This

document can be viewed or downloaded at http://www.docs.hp.com, or a hard copy can be

ordered from HP.

The HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM) has been modified to support the following iSCSI

functionality:

• Recognition of the iSCSI Software Initiator

SAM will recognize the iSCSI virtual bus and display it under Peripheral Devices -> Device List.

• Inclusion and removal of the iSCSI Software Initiator in the /stand/system file

The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator may be included in the HP-UX kernel and is configurable through

SAM. System Administrators can add/remove iSCSI Software Initiator components (iscsi, isw,

iscsial) from the kernel using SAM -> Kernel Configuration -> Drivers.

• Addition and deletion of static iSCSI targets

The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator supports static discovery of iSCSI targets. For HP-UX static scans, a

set of devices called iSCSI discovery targets is defined in the kernel registry (a persistent store) and that

set of devices is scanned for existence of storage accessible by the host.

SAM provides system administrators with a user interface to view statically configured iSCSI targets,

add new iSCSI discovery targets and delete existing iSCSI discovery targets from the kernel registry.

This functionality can be accessed from SAM -> Peripheral Devices -> iSCSI.

• Storage Management

Storage accessible by the HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator can be managed using the HP-UX SAM tool.

All storage and alternate paths in different subnets are accessible and configurable through SAM in a

manner similar to the access and configuration of existing storage.