Users Guide

22 Contents
What Does iSCSI Optimization Do? . . . . . . . . . 653
What Occurs When iSCSI Optimization Is Enabled
or Disabled?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654
How Does the Switch Detect iSCSI Traffic Flows?
. 654
How Is Quality of Service Applied to iSCSI Traffic
Flows?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654
How Does iSCSI Optimization Use ACLs?
. . . . . 655
What Information Does the Switch Track in iSCSI
Traffic Flows?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
How Does iSCSI Optimization Interact With Dell
EqualLogic and Compellent Arrays?
. . . . . . . . 656
How Does iSCSI Optimization Interact with Other
SAN Arrays?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656
Default iSCSI Optimization Values
. . . . . . . . . . . 657
Configuring iSCSI Optimization (Web)
. . . . . . . . . . 658
iSCSI Global Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 658
Configuring iSCSI Optimization (CLI)
. . . . . . . . . . 659
iSCSI Optimization Configuration Examples
. . . . . . 660
Configuring iSCSI Optimization Between Servers
and a Disk Array
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660
17 Port Characteristics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
Port Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
What Physical Port Characteristics Can Be
Configured?
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Auto-Negotiation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665
Maximum Transmission Unit
. . . . . . . . . . . . 665
What is Link Dependency?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 666
What Interface Types are Supported?
. . . . . . . 668
What is Interface Configuration Mode?
. . . . . . 668