genernal

A session is a TCP connection between an initiator node port and a target node port.LUNs are not accessible until a session is established. After targets...

Discovery is the process that makes the targets known to an initiator. It defines the method by which the iSCSI targets are found. The following discovery...

Open-iSCSI persistent configuration is implemented as a database, which consists of a hierarchy of files and directories in the /var/lib/iscsi/ directory: # ls /var/lib/iscsi ifaces isns...

An iSCSI client functions as an SCSI initiator to access target devices on an iSCSI server. An iSCSI initiator sends SCSI commands over an IP network....

Access Control Lists (ACLs) restrict access to LUNs from remote systems. You can create an ACL for each initiator to enforce authentication when the initiator connects...

Logical Unit Numbers (LUNs) link previously defined storage objects with a target. The kernel target exports SCSI Logical Units to remote systems. Use the targetcli shell...

To create an iSCSI target from the targetcli shell, use the cd command to change to the /iscsi directory. /> cd /iscsi /iscsi> Use the create...

Create a block backstore The following commands create block backstores. Use the cd command to change to the /backstore/block directory. /> cd /backstore/block /backstore/block Use the...

The targetcli utility is the administration shell for creating, editing, and viewing the configuration of the kernel’s target subsystem. Run targetcli to enter the configuration shell....

Oracle Linux with both Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel and RHCK uses the Linux-IO Target (LIO) to provide the block-storage SCSI target for FCoE, iSCSI, and Mellanox InfiniBand...