Ip-san environments supported by hdlm – HP Hitachi Dynamic Link Manager Software Licenses User Manual

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Table 2-2 HDLM System Components When Using an IP-SAN

Components

Description

iSCSI software

The driver software that contains the iSCSI initiator function.

NIC

A network interface card that serves as a cable port on a host. The

NIC is referred to as the HBA in HDLM commands. Sometimes, it is

also just simply called an HBA in this manual.

IP-SAN

A data transfer network that connects hosts and storage systems by

using the iSCSI standard.

CHA

A channel adapter.

P

A port on a CHA. This serves as a cable port on a storage system.

LU

A logical unit (a logical volume defined on the storage system). This

serves as the target of input or output operations from the host.

Dev

An area (partition) of a divided LU.

Physical path

A route that connects a host and an LU.

Path

A route that connects a host and a Dev.

IP-SAN environments supported by HDLM

HDLM supports system configurations that use an IP-SAN in the following

environments:

OS

¢

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6

¢

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Advanced Platform

¢

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7

¢

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7 Advanced Platform

¢

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8

¢

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8 Advanced Platform

¢

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9

¢

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Advanced Platform

¢

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

¢

SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 11

iSCSI software
HDLM supports the following iSCSI initiators supplied with the OS.

¢

For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6

Advanced Platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.7, Red Hat Enterprise

Linux 5.7 Advanced Platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.8, Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 5.8 Advanced Platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9,

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.9 Advanced Platform, or Red Hat

Enterprise Linux 6:
iscsi-initiator-utils

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