Iscsi initiator perspective, Example: single mpx100 iscsi port ip addressing, Single mpx100/100b multipath configuration – HP 3000 Enterprise Virtual Array User Manual

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Figure 47 Example: Fibre Channel to IP port/target translation

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The iSCSI Initiator discovers the targets presented out of the mpx100/100b GE ports by discovering
the GE port's IP addresses and logging in to the target (see

Figure 48

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Figure 48 Example: Single mpx100 iSCSI port IP addressing

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Each iSCSI GbE port has duplicate paths to the LUN because each GE port is presenting two unique
targets with the same LUN information. Each unique target should be considered an iSCSI path to
the LUN.

iSCSI Initiator perspective

Because of the mpx100's/100b's ability to present multiple Fibre Channel targets through one physical
iSCSI GbE connection, it is possible for the iSCSI Initiator to connect—and use—more virtual paths
than are physically available on the FC/IP networks.

NOTE:

Using the iSCSI target discovery process, it is up to the iSCSI Initiator to determine how many targets
to log in to, bearing in mind that one target equals one path.

For the preceding examples,

Table 16

shows all the paths available to an iSCSI Initiator connected

to both iSCSI GbE Ports of the mpx100/100b.

Table 16 Single mpx100/100b multipath configuration

EVA FC port—physical path

mpx100/100b iSCSI GbE
port—physical path

iSCSI Initiator—virtual path

50:05:08:b4:01:01:f6:78

16.10.11.02

iqn.199601…..f678

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