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Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router Software Configuration Guide
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Chapter 2 First-Time Configuration
Collecting Configuration Information
Collecting Configuration Information
Use the Cisco SN 5428-2 Storage Router First-Time Configuration Checklist (Table 2-1) to help you
gather the system and network information that is needed for the first-time configuration of your
SN 5428-2 Storage Router. The items in the checklist are based on the information requested by the
initial system configuration script and the setup configuration wizard.
Table 2-1 First-Time Configuration Checklist
Configuration Item Description Required or Optional
Your Configuration
Value
Configuration
deployment option
The SN 5428-2 can be configured for one of two
kinds of deployments:
1. SCSI routing (SN 5428-2 enables iSCSI hosts
to access Fibre Channel storage. SN 5428-2
manages access to the Fibre Channel devices.)
2. Transparent SCSI routing (SN 5428-2 enables
iSCSI hosts to access Fibre Channel storage.
SN 5428-2 does not manage access to the
Fibre Channel devices.)
3. FCIP (SN 5428-2 enables connectivity
between SANs. SN 5428-2 does not manage
access to the Fibre Channel devices.)
Required 1, 2, or 3
Static or dynamic mode Static or dynamic deployment for transparent
SCSI routing:
Static mode saves the iSCSI client-to-FC WWPN
bindings, making them persistent across iSCSI
client logouts and system reboots. This is the
preferred choice for most operations.
Dynamic mode resets iSCSI client-to-FC WWPN
bindings upon reboots or iSCSI logouts. To deploy
dynamic mode, the intelligent storage array
connected to the SN 5428 must support an
extended iSCSI FC PLOGI frame that contains the
iSCSI client’s IP address and initiator name, and
only recognizes storage devices that support this.
Required for
transparent SCSI
routing only
Management interface
IP address and subnet
mask
The IP address and subnet mask of the storage
router management interface.
Note The management interface for each
storage router in a cluster must be on the
same IP subnet.
Required