iSCSI standards
The following standards apply to the management, maintenance, and iSCSI data ports.
To congure this system, use switches that comply with the following standards:
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IEEE 802.1D STP
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IEEE 802.1w RSTP
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IEEE 802.3 CSMA/CD
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IEEE 802.3u Fast Ethernet
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IEEE 802.3z 1000 BASE-X
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IEEE 802.1Q Virtual LANs
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IEEE 802.3ae 10 Gigabit Ethernet
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RFC 768 UDP
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RFC 783 TFTP
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RFC 791 IP
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RFC 793 TCP
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RFC 1157 SNMP v1
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RFC 1231 MIB II
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RFC 1757 RMON
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RFC 1901 SNMPv2
iSCSI specifications
Item Specification Comments
iSCSI target function Supported N/A
iSCSI target function Supported TrueCopy
®
only
iSCSI ports 2 per interface board Maximum 24 per iSCSI
system
Connection methods Direct and switch
connections
Host connections 255 (maximum per iSCSI
port)
With Linux software
initiator, the maximum
number decreases.
Path failover HDLM
1
Supports Microsoft MPIO
(Multi Path I/O)
Link 10 Gbps SFP+ N/A
Transfer speed 10 Gbps N/A
iSCSI standards
Appendix D: Data and power cables
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