VessRAID Setup - Promise Technology, Inc.

VessRAID 1000i Series Product Manual
4. Highlight, press the backspace key to erase the current value, and type a
new value for each of the following items:
• Node Name – An iSCSI node is identified by its name.
• Node Alias – Optional. Maximum of 31 characters. Use letters,
numbers, space between words and underscore.
• Max Burst Length – Maximum length of a solicited data sequence
(512 b to 16 Mb).
• Default Time to Wait – After a dropped connection, the number of
seconds to wait before attempting to reconnect.
• Default Time to Retain – Number of seconds after time to wait (above)
before reassigning outstanding commands.
5. Highlight, then press the space bar to enable or disable the following
features:
• Header Digest – Enables use of Header Digest (CRC). See note below.
• Data Digest – Enables use of a Data Digest (CRC). See note below.
• Uni-directional CHAP Authentication – Enables Challenge Handshake
Authentication Protocol
• Bi-directional CHAP Authentication
6. Press Ctrl-A to save your settings.
Viewing iSCSI Target Ports
You can see the target port settings, but none of these values are user-adjustable
in the current version of the software.
To view the iSCSI target port settings:
1. From the Main Menu, highlight iSCSI Management and press Enter.
2. Highlight iSCSI Ports and press Enter.
3. Highlight Target Port 1, Target Port 2, Target Port 3, or Target Port 4 and
press Enter.
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Notes
• Header Digest and Data Digest work best with initiators
equipped with a TCP Offload Engine (TOE). Refer to your
iSCSI HBA user manual for more information.
• For iSCSI network settings on the Data Ports, see “Making
iSCSI Port Settings” on page 176.
• For CHAPs, see “Working with iSCSI CHAPs” on page 181.