HP 3PAR Management Console 4.3.0 Software User's Guide (QL226-96337, December 2012)

DescriptionColumn
Maximum Transmission Unit. The greatest amount of data or "packet" size that can
be transferred at one time over a particular network connection without
MTU
overburdening the connection. The default MTU setting for an iSCSI port is 1500.
When supported by the network, an MTU value of 9000 should be used.
The partner port.Partner
The WWN of the partner port.Partner WWN
Indicates if the system is in a failover state.Failover State
Detail Pane
The detail pane provides detailed information about a selected port from the list pane. Information
is presented a Summary tab, a Sessions tab, and a Hosts tab. Each are discussed in detail in the
following sections:
“iSCSI Port Summary” (page 46)
“Sessions Tab” (page 47)
“Hosts Tab” (page 47)
iSCSI Port Summary
The iSCSI port summary is displayed on the Summary tab.
The following information is provided:
DescriptionFieldGroup
The port location in Node:Slot:Port format.PositionGeneral
The designated port label.Label
Indicates whether the port is FC, iSCSI, RCIP, or RCFC.Type
Rate that data can be transferred over the port (1 Gbps, 2 Gbps
or 4 Gbps). When there is no specified value, no connection exists.
Rate
Type of device that the port is connected to. Free, Disk, Host, Peer,
or InServ.
Connected Device Type
Name of device that the port is connected to, e.g. host1, cage0.Connected Device
Port firmware mode setting. Ports in Initiator mode are connected
to drive cages and ports in Target mode export to hosts. Suspended
Mode
mode is for target ports that have not yet been initialized by the
system (rare). Peer mode is for Ethernet ports.
Current state of the port.State
The Media Access Control address for the Ethernet interface.MAC
The Target Portal Group Tag for the iSCSI target portal group.TPGT
The throughput in KB/sec.Total Data ThroughputResources
For iSCSI ports. Indicates if the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) protocol is enabled or disabled.
DHCPIP Settings
IP address of the iSCSI port.IP Address
The address of a local IP router on the same network as the Storage
System, used to forward traffic to destinations beyond the local
network.
Gateway
Netmask address for the iSCSI interface.Subnet Mask
46 Managing Ports