User`s guide

Chapter VII. iSCSI PDU Offload Target
Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire For Linux Page 114
Table of Chelsio Global Entity Settings
Key
Valid
Values
Default
Value
Multiple
Values
Description
iscsi_offload_mode
“AUTO”
“TOE”
“ULP”
“AUTO”
No
Defines the offload mode
AUTO: iSCSI software will make
the decision. If the connection
goes through Chelsio’sHBA
which has the iSCSI acceleration
enabled, then ULP.
TOE: Use Chelsio HBA TCP
Offloading Engine (TOE)
capabilities.
ULP: Use Chelsio iSCSI
hardware acceleration in
terminator ASIC including Direct
Data Placement.
NOTES: CLI will allow the user
to change the offload mode to
TOE even though there is no
TOE functionality existing. This is
because, with a TOE network
adaptor card, its TOE capability
could be disabled anytime, in
which case the traffic will be
treated as normal NIC traffic.
iscsi_auth_order
“ACL”
“CHAP”
“CHAP”
No
Authorization order for login
verification on the target. Valid
only when a target’s
ACL_Enable=Yes
ACL: ACL first then CHAP
CHAP: CHAP first then ACL
Applies to Target(s) Only
iscsi_target_vendor_id
a string of
maximum
of 8
characters
“CHISCSI”
No
The target vendor ID part of the
device identification sent by an
iSCSI target in response of SCSI
Inquiry command.
4.4.2. iSCSI Entity Settings
Description
iSCSI Entity Parameters pass iSCSI protocol control information to the Chelsio iSCSI module.
This information is unique for each entity block. The parameters follow the IETF iSCSI standard
RFC 3720 in both definition and syntax. The descriptions below are mostly from this RFC.