Viewing the interface properties
This section lists the procedures for viewing the iSCSI interface properties.
To view the interface properties
1
Open a Secure Shell (SSH) session to log on to the appliance as an
administrator.
2
Navigate to the Main_Menu > Settings > iSCSI menu.
3
Type the command Interface Show and press Enter to view the iSCSI
interfaces. The following properties are displayed:
appliance.iSCSI > Interface Show
Showing the available interfaces...
+--------------+----------+-----------------+-------------+-------+-------+----+----+
|Interface Name|Network | MAC Address | IP Address |Netmask Gateway|MTU |VLAN
| |Interface | | | | | |Tag |
+--------------+----------+-----------------+-------------+-------+-------+----|----+
| iscsi1 | eth6 |00:0e:1e:53:55:11|10.181.198.62| | |1500| |
+--------------+-----------------+-----------|------------+-------+-------+----+----+
| iscsi2 | eth7 |00:0e:1e:53:55:13| | | |1500| |
+--------------+-----------------+-----------|------------+-------+-------+----|----+
Configuring the interface properties
This section lists the procedures for configuring interface properties like gateway,
IPv4 address, Netmask, Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU), and the VLAN Tag
for an ISCSI interface.
The MTU controls the maximum transmission unit size for an Ethernet frame. It
must be a number from 68 to 65535. Note that when you configure the MTU for an
iSCSI interface, the new MTU value is configured for both the iSCSI interface and
the network interface to which it is mapped.
VLAN Tagging is the practice of inserting a VLAN ID into a packet header in order
to identify which VLAN (Virtual Local Area Network) the packet belongs to. More
specifically, switches use the VLAN ID to determine which ports, or interfaces, to
send a broadcast packet to.
A VLAN can be configured on either the network interface or the iSCSI interface.
If VLAN is configured on both the network and iSCSI interface, the VLAN for the
network interface is effective on both the interfaces.
21Configuring iSCSI
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