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Connection redirection
Connection redirection allows iSCSI sessions to be evenly distributed across ports on the same
blade. Before the maximum number of connections is reached for any given port, logins are
redirected to the next available port, resulting in an even distribution of sessions. This distribution
occurs only during the first login phase.
Enabling or disabling connection redirection
Use the following procedure to enable or disable connection redirection.
1. Launch the iSCSI Target Gateway Admin module as described on page 188 .
2. Select the Connection Redirection tab.
3. Select the check box in the Enable/Disable column to enable connection redirection for the
required slot. Clear the check box to disable connection redirection.
NOTE
Existing connections are not redistributed when iSCSI ports change state from disabled to
enabled or offline to online.
4. Click Apply.
iSCSI Fibre Channel zone configuration
After you have finished setting up the iSCSI target gateway and whenever you later modify the iSCSI
virtual target mappings, you must create an iSCSI Fibre Channel zone to allow the system’s virtual
initiators (logical FC devices that represent iSCSI initiators) to communicate in a zoned FC
environment with the physical devices to which you have mapped the iSCSI virtual targets.
The procedures in this section show you how to create this zone and add it to the fabric’s zone
database.
Note the following:
• If you already have zone configurations defined in your fabric, you are also able to add the zone
that you create here to some or all of these configurations by selecting them from a list.
• If a defined configuration is currently effective in the fabric and you add your iSCSI FC zone to
that configuration, the configuration is automatically re-enabled to include this zone.
NOTE
If you do not have a zoning license or any zoning implemented, you do not need to create one
for iSCSI target gateway service.
The following default zoning conditions apply:
• If default zoning is set to No Access, then creating an iSCSI Fibre Channel zone is mandatory
as there is no way for the devices to talk to each other without one.