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

iSCSI Gateway Service Administrator’s Guide 1

Publication Number: 53-1000440-01

Chapter

Introduction to the iSCSI Gateway Service

This chapter describes the FC4-16IP blade iSCSI gateway service. The iSCSI gateway service is

supported only on the Brocade 48000 director running Fabric OS v5.2.0 or higher with one or more

iSCSI-enabled FC4-16IP blades.

In this chapter

• Overview of iSCSI gateway service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

• Checklist for configuring iSCSI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Overview of iSCSI gateway service

The FC4-16IP iSCSI gateway service is an intermediate device in the network, allowing iSCSI

initiators in an IP SAN to access and utilize storage in a Fibre Channel (FC) SAN as shown in the

figure below.

FIGURE 1 iSCSI gateway network

It provides the following services to the iSCSI initiators:

• Access to the fabric using virtual FC devices (iSCSI virtual initiator)

• Supports target registration to an iSCSI Name Server (iSNS) for discovery

• Manages iSCSI initiator access control using discovery domains and a discovery domain set

• Session management, such as session tracking and performance monitoring

• Session authentication using CHAP

NOTE

The FC4-16IP iSCSI gateway service is not compatible with other iSCSI gateway platforms, including

Brocade iSCSI Gateway or the Brocade Multiprotocol Router.

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