Announcement

The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator is a software implementation of the iSCSI protocol based on the HP-UX host TCP/IP stack. iSCSI defines a mass storage transport wedge between TCP and the SCSI Services layer. The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator is compliant with the final draft version of the IETF iSCSI specification. For more information on the IETF iSCSI specification, go to:

http://ietf.org/html.charters/ips-charter.html and click on iSCSI.

The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator consists of two modules, the iSCSI Transport Driver and the iSCSI Software Interface Driver.

The iSCSI Transport Driver is the Session management module
The iSCSI Software Interface Driver module interfaces with the host based TCP/IP module

The following information is for revisions B.11.11.03a and B.11.23.03a of the HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator.

The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator requires no changes to applications that access mass storage devices.
The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator revision B.11.11.03a is supported on any of the 64 bit HP 9000 series servers running HP-UX 11i v1.
Network interface cards (NICs) and network infrastructure components currently supported with HP-UX 11i v1 are required. Gigabit NICs are strongly recommended.
The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator revision B.11.23.03a is supported on any of the HP Integrity servers running HP-UX 11i v2.
Network interface cards (NICs) and network infrastructure components currently supported with HP-UX 11i v2 are required. Gigabit NICs are strongly recommended.
The HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator introduces the “iscsiutil” management tool to the system.
For instructions on locating, downloading and installing the HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator, see the HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator Support Guide.

Table 1-1 HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator Documentation Availability

Document Title	Part Number	url
HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator Support Guide	5990-7213	http://www.docs.hp.com See: “iSCSI (SCSI Over TCP/IP)” in the “Networking & Communications” section.
HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator Release Notes	5990-8516	http://www.docs.hp.com See: “iSCSI (SCSI Over TCP/IP)” in the “Networking & Communications” section.
HP-UX iSCSI Software Initiator Support Matrix	N/A	http://www.docs.hp.com See: “iSCSI (SCSI Over TCP/IP)” in the “Networking & Communications” section.

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