Veritas™ Appliance iSCSI Guide
- Overview
- Understanding the appliance configurations
- Understanding NetBackup for VMware
- Configuring iSCSI
- Configuring the appliance for iSCSI
- Setting the IQN for the initiator
- Viewing the interface properties
- Configuring the interface properties
- Removing and resetting the interface properties
- About CHAP authentication
- Discovering targets by using the portal address
- About iSNS
- Discovering targets by using iSNS
- Connecting to a target
- Disconnecting the sessions with a target
- Viewing the targets
- Troubleshooting iSCSI issues and some best practices
NetBackup 5340 compute node I/O configurations
The rear panel of the NetBackup 5340 compute node contains three PCIe riser card assemblies. PCIe riser card assemblies 1 and 2 each support three standard PCIe cards. PCIe riser card assembly 3 supports two low profile PCIe cards. The slots are labeled 1 to 8. In the following illustration the riser assemblies are outlined in red. The PCIe slots are identified.
The NetBackup 5340 compute node supports multiple PCIe-based I/O configuration options. The following table shows configurations A, B, C, D, and E. Each configuration supports iSCSI.
Table: Standard available PCIe-based I/O configurations for the NetBackup 5340 compute node
I/O configuration option | Slot 1 * | Slot 2 | Slot 3 | Slot 4 * | Slot 5 | Slot 6 | Slot 7 | Slot 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | QLogic QLE2692 16Gb FC HBA3 | QLogic QLE8442 10GbE NIC 1, 3 (iSCSI capable) | QLogic QLE8442 10GbE NIC 1, 3 (iSCSI capable) | QLogic QLE2692 16Gb FC HBA3 | QLogic QLE8442 10GbE NIC 1, 3 (iSCSI capable) | QLogic QLE8442 10GbE NIC 1, 3 (iSCSI capable) | Reserved | QLogic QLE8442 10GbE NIC 1, 3 (iSCSI capable) |
B | QLogic QLE2692 16Gb FC HBA3 | QLogic QLE8442 10GbE NIC 1, 3 (iSCSI capable) | QLogic QLE8442 10GbE NIC 1, 3 (iSCSI capable) | QLogic QLE2692 16Gb FC HBA3 | QLogic QLE8442 10GbE NIC 1, 3 (iSCSI capable) | QLogic QLE2562 8Gb FC HBA 3 | Reserved | QLogic QLE8442 10GbE NIC 1, 3 (iSCSI capable) |
C | QLogic QLE2692 16Gb FC HBA3 | QLogic QLE8442 10GbE NIC 1, 3 (iSCSI capable) | QLogic QLE8442 10GbE NIC 1, 3 (iSCSI capable) | QLogic QLE2692 16Gb FC HBA3 | QLogic QLE2562 8Gb FC HBA 3 | QLogic QLE2562 8Gb FC HBA 3 | Reserved | QLogic QLE8442 10GbE NIC 1, 3 (iSCSI capable) |
D | QLogic QLE2692 16Gb FC HBA3 | QLogic QLE2562 8Gb FC HBA 3 | QLogic QLE8442 10GbE NIC 1, 3 (iSCSI capable) | QLogic QLE2692 16Gb FC HBA3 | QLogic QLE2562 8Gb FC HBA 3 | QLogic QLE2562 8Gb FC HBA 3 | Reserved | QLogic QLE8442 10GbE NIC 1, 3 (iSCSI capable) |
E | QLogic QLE2692 16Gb FC HBA3 | QLogic QLE2562 8Gb FC HBA 3 | QLogic QLE2562 8Gb FC HBA 3 | QLogic QLE2692 16Gb FC HBA3 | QLogic QLE2562 8Gb FC HBA 3 | QLogic QLE2562 8Gb FC HBA 3 | Reserved | QLogic QLE8442 10GbE NIC 1, 3 (iSCSI capable) |
* The 16Gb Fibre Channel HBA ports in slots 1 and 4 are used to connect the NetBackup 5340 compute node to the Veritas 5U84 Primary Storage Shelf. As a result, slots 1 and 4 do not support standard network I/O operations. PCIe card cable connection types: 1 Direct-Attach copper cable (also called a Twinaxial cable or Twinax) 2 Standard copper 3 Fiber optic cable | ||||||||