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Chapter 7: Technology Background
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Figure 10.iSCSI VLAN map
Initiator
An initiator functions as the client, in this case, your host PC or server. The
initiator makes requests to and receives responses from an iSCSI target on the
VTrak RAID subsystem.
Bound to Bound to
Network
router
Network
router
Network switch
To switchTo switch To switch
Bound to Bound to
Building A
VLAN 2
regular
network
VLAN 1
iSCSI data
network
Building B
VLAN 2
regular
network
VLAN 1
iSCSI data
network
Ethernet
Port 1
Ethernet
Port 2
Ethernet
Port 3
Ethernet
Port 4
Portal 1 Portal 2 Portal 3 Portal 4