Technical Support ............................................................................................ 4
Chapter 1 Overview ................................................................................ 9
About iSCSI .................................................................................. 9
About iSCSI initiator and targets ...................................................... 10
Supported iSCSI features ............................................................... 10
Overview of the iSCSI topology ....................................................... 11
About the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) .............................................. 12
Chapter 2 Understanding the NetBackup 5240 appliance
configuration H ............................................................. 13
NetBackup 5240 Appliance configuration H ....................................... 13
QLE8442 dual-port 10Gb Ethernet/iSCSI capable card with SFP+
modules .............................................................................. 14
Chapter 3 Understanding NetBackup for VMware ...................... 16
About NetBackup for VMware ......................................................... 16
Overview of the VMware backup process .......................................... 17
Transport modes options (VMware) .................................................. 17
Chapter 4 Configuring iSCSI .............................................................. 19
Configuring the appliance for iSCSI .................................................. 19
Setting the IQN for the initiator ........................................................ 20
Viewing the interface properties ....................................................... 21
Configuring the interface properties .................................................. 21
Removing and resetting the interface properties ................................. 24
About CHAP authentication ............................................................ 25
Discovering targets by using the portal address .................................. 26
About iSNS ................................................................................. 27
Discovering targets by using iSNS ................................................... 28
Connecting to a target ................................................................... 30
Disconnecting the sessions with a target ........................................... 31
Viewing the targets ....................................................................... 32
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