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User Guide Appendix F How to Set/Check Application Server (Linux) (iSCSI)
F.1.4 Setting up iSCSI Software Initiator
Perform the following steps to install iSCSI Software Initiator in the Linux environment:
Set up Open-iSCSI Driver
1. Run the following command from the console to stop the iSCSI service.
2. Use vi or another editor to open the /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file on the server.
3. After changing the settings in the variables shown in Table F-1: Open-iSCSI Driver Settings to the
following values, save and close the file.
4. Run the following command from the console to start the iSCSI service.
5. Run the following command from the console to confirm that the iSCSI service is operating.
Set up CHAP Authentication
If CHAP authentication will not be used, this step is not necessary.
# service iscsid stop
If the iSCSI service has already been stopped, this step is not necessary.
node.startup = Automatic
node.session.timeo.replacement_timeout = 30
Table F-1: Open-iSCSI Driver Settings
Variable name Default value Set value Remarks
node.startup No Automatic Automatically log on after
the server reboots
node.session.timeo.replacement_
timeout
120 30 Shorten the failover time
when using PathManager
# service iscsi start
# /etc/init.d/iscsi status
For description of CHAP authentication, refer to Appendix N: "Retrieve Initiator Information
on Application Servers Registered with iSNS Server".
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