Iscsi Initiator; Iscsi Target; Fibre Channel Mezzanine Card Bios - Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series User Manual

iSCSI initiator

The iSCSI initiator requires read/write transaction with iSCSI commands to
storage devices connected by the iSCSI protocol. This transaction is generally
done through network interface cards (NICs) on servers. There are two types
of iSCSI initiator; one is software initiator which uses the initiator function of
operating system and the other is hardware initiator which uses the initiator
function of Host Bus Adaptor (HBA).

iSCSI target

The iSCSI target sends the data to the iSCSI initiator by controlling the
physical or logical volume of disks or RAID.
Server blades recognize the external storage devices, which is connected
through LAN physically, as local SCSI data/boot devices by connecting
through iSCSI protocol.
• iSCSI Data devices
Dedicated data area for server blades is available on the external storage
devices.
See
• iSCSI Boot devices
OS boot from the device on the external storage devices is available.
See
Emulex PXE BIOS and iSCSISELECT Utility is used for iSCSI settings. For
details, see

Fibre channel mezzanine card BIOS

Fibre channel mezzanine card BIOS is for a fibre channel mezzanine card
connecting to an external storage device through a fibre channel switch
module. The fibre channel mezzanine card is installed in a server blade. For
more details about the specifications and restrictions, see the manual
attached to the fibre channel mezzanine card.
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Data device setting on page 9-12
Boot device setting on page 9-9
Chapter 9, iSCSI
UEFI and BIOS Configuration Overview
Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series EFI User's Guide
for details.
for details.
settings.