IBM DS3000

Chapter 17. iSCSI configuration 2 - Software Initiator on Red Hat Linux 389
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17.2 Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 5
Follow the operating system installation instructions that are available for each IBM
BladeCenter blade and System x server. The installation guides can be found in the
“Install/use” section of each product’s support Web sites.
For our IBM BladeCenter HS21 (8853) with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, we used the
instructions shown in
http://www-304.ibm.com/jct01004c/systems/support/supportsite.wss/docdisplay?lndoci
d=MIGR-65149&brandind=5000020.
The installation was performed using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 with Update 5, although the
instructions in the Web site are for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 3. No additional
packages were chosen during the installation.
In Table 17-1, we can see that the BladeCenter HS21 has three network interfaces. Interface
eth0 is used to access the public network and eth2 and 3 are dedicated for iSCSI connections
to the System Storage DS3300.
onboard NIC 2 not used
Gigabit Ethernet
daughter card 1- Port 0
172.16.200.70/16 eth2 - iSCSI LAN 1
Gigabit Ethernet
daughter card 1- Port 1
172.17.200.70/16 eth3 - iSCSI LAN 2
System Storage
DS3300
Controller A - Mgt. 172.18.3.1/16 Management LAN
Controller A - iSCSI
Port 1
172.16.3.1/16 iSCSI LAN 1
Controller A - iSCSI
Port 2
172.17.3.1/16 iSCSI LAN 2
Controller B - Mgt. 172.18.3.2/16 Management LAN
Controller B- iSCSI
Port 1
172.16.3.2/16 iSCSI LAN 1
Controller B - iSCSI
Port 2
172.17.3.2/16 iSCSI LAN 2
Management Station Hostname amazon.rivers.local
NIC 1 172.18.9.10/16
Device Description Value Comments