Cisco MDS 9000 Series Command Reference

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Cisco MDS 9000 Family Command Reference
OL-8413-07, Cisco MDS SAN-OS Release 3.x
Chapter 11 I Commands
iscsi initiator ip-address
Examples The following command configures an iSCSI initiator. using the IP address of the initiator node.
switch(config)# iscsi initiator ip address 10.50.1.1
The following command deletes the configured iSCSI initiator.
switch(config)# no iscsi initiator ip address 10.5.0.0
The following command uses the switch's WWN pool to allocate the nWWN for this iSCSI initiator and
keeps it persistent.
switch(config-(iscsi-init))# static nWWN system-assign
The following command assigns the user provided WWN as nWWN for the iSCSI initiator. You can only
specify one nWWN for each iSCSI node.
switch(config-(iscsi-init))# nWWN 20:00:00:05:30:00:59:11
The following command uses the switch's WWN pool to allocate two pWWNs for this iSCSI initiator
and keeps it persistent.
switch(config-(iscsi-init))# static pWWN system-assign 2
The following command assigns the user provided WWN as pWWN for the iSCSI initiator.
switch(config-(iscsi-init))# pWWN 21:00:00:20:37:73:3b:20
Related Commands Command Description
show iscsi initiator Displays information about configured iSCSI initiators.

Cisco MDS 9000 Series Specifications

General

Category	Switch
Operating System	Cisco NX-OS
Ports	Varies by model
Protocols	Fibre Channel (FC), Fibre Channel over IP (FCIP), iSCSI
Redundancy	Redundant supervisors, power supplies, and fans
Management	Cisco Data Center Network Manager (DCNM), CLI, SNMP
Virtualization Support	VSANs (Virtual SANs)
Security Features	Fibre Channel Security Protocol (FC-SP)
Hot Swappable Components	power supplies, fans
Power Supply Options	AC and DC options available