HP 3PAR Solaris Implementation Guide
NOTE: Make sure the IP switch ports, (where the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage iSCSI target
ports and iSCSI Initiators host are connected), are able to communicate with each other. If
the host is already connected to the IP fabric or switch and its Ethernet interface has been
configured, you can use the ping command for this purpose on the Solaris host.
3. If the Solaris host uses the Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) to discover the target port,
configure the iSNS server IP Address on the target port by issuing the HP 3PAR OS CLI
controliscsiport command with the isns parameter.
# controliscsiport isns 11.0.0.200 -f 1:3:1
# showport -iscsi
N:S:P State IPAddr Netmask Gateway TPGT MTU Rate DHCP
iSNS_Prim iSNS_Sec iSNS_Port
1:3:1 ready 11.1.0.110 255.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 31 1500 1Gbps 0
11.0.0.200 0.0.0.0 3205
- - -
NOTE: The Solaris OS does not have its own iSNS server, so a Windows server that has
been installed with the iSNS feature must be used to provide the iSNS server functions instead.
4. Each HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage iSCSI port has a unique name, port location, and serial
number as part of its IQN iSCSI name. Use the HP 3PAR OS CLI showport command with
the -iscsiname parameter to get the iSCSI name.
# showport -iscsiname
N:S:P IPAddr ---------------iSCSI_Name----------------
0:3:1 10.1.0.110 iqn.2000-05.com.3pardata:20310002ac00003e
0:3:2 0.0.0.0 iqn.2000-05.com.3pardata:20320002ac00003e
1:3:1 11.1.0.110 iqn.2000-05.com.3pardata:21310002ac00003e
1:3:2 0.0.0.0 iqn.2000-05.com.3pardata:21320002ac00003e
5. Use the ping command on the Solaris host to verify that the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage target
is pingable, and use the route get <IP> command to check that the configured network
interface is used for the destination route.
Example: After configuring the host and HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage ports, 11.1.0.110 is the
HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage target IP Address, 11.1.0.40 is host IP Address and the host uses
a ce2 network interface to route the traffic to the destination.
# ping 11.1.0.110
11.1.0.110 is alive
# route get 11.1.0.110
route to: 11.1.0.110
destination: 11.0.0.0
mask: 255.0.0.0
interface: ce2
flags: <UP,DONE>
As an alternative, you can use controliscsiport to ping the host from the HP 3PAR
StoreServ Storage ports.
# controliscsiport ping [<count>] <ipaddr> <node:slot:port>
# controliscsiport ping 1 11.1.0.40 1:3:1
Ping succeeded
18 Configuring the HP 3PAR StoreServ Storage for iSCSI