Dell Emulex Family of Adapters - Manual (Page 1606)

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9. Configuring and Managing the iSCSI Initiator with the iSCSISelect Utility
Configuring Network Properties
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Ping the iSCSI initiator. See “Pinging the iSCSI Initiator” on page 1608 for more
information.
Enabling DHCP
Enabling DHCP provides the initiator with an IP address.
Note: If you are using the DHCP server to obtain an IP address for your iSCSI
initiator, set up a reservation. A reservation assigns a specific IP address based
on the MAC address of your iSCSI function. If you do not reserve an IP address
through DHCP, then you must set the lease length for the iSCSI initiator IP
address to unlimited. This prevents the IP address lease from expiring.
To enable DHCP:
1. From the Configure IPV4 Address screen (Figure 9-11), select Enabled from the
DHCP pop-up menu and press <Enter>.
2. Select Save DHCP Settings and press <Enter>. The DHCP IP Address dialog box
appears. For example:
Figure 9-12 DHCP IP Address Dialog Box
Note: If you have set a static IP address, a message warns that the static IP address
will be lost. Press <Y> to continue with enabling DHCP.
Configuring the IPv6 Address
To configure an IPv6 address:
1. On the Network Configuration screen (Figure 9-8), ensure that the IP Version is set
to IPv6.
2. Select Configure IP Address and press <Enter>. The Configure IPv6 Address
screen appears.
Figure 9-13 Configure IPv6 Address Screen
3. From the Configure IPV6 Address screen, you can do the following:
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Enable auto-configuration for automatic assignment of the IP address. See
“Enabling DHCP” on page 1606 for more information.
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Configure a static IP address (when Auto Configuration is disabled). See
“Configuring a Static IPv6 Address” on page 1608 for more information.