Brocade iSCSI Gateway Service Administrator's Guide - Supporting Fabric OS v5.3.0 (53-1000440-01, June 2007)

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Chapter

Administering the iSNS Client

This chapter explains how to enable the iSNS client on an iSCSI gateway and configure it with an

iSNS server. The internet storage name service (iSNS) server facilitates the automatic discovery

and manages access control of iSCSI VTs on a TCP/IP network.

NOTE

Fabric OS supports only Microsoft iSNS Server v3.0 and higher.

In this chapter

• Overview of iSNS configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

• Displaying iSNS service status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

• Enabling the iSNS client service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

• Disabling the iSNS client service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44