The XML definition of the iSCSI boot information is shown below.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Storage> <Pool name="Storage Pool Name"/> <Ports> <Port index="Storage Port Index Number" ip="IP Address[:iSCSI Communication Port Number]" iqn="IQN Name"/> <Port index="Storage Port Index Number" ip="IP Address[:iSCSI Communication Port Number]" iqn="IQN Name"/> </Ports> <Disks> <Disk name="Disk Name"> <DiskSize>Disk Size</DiskSize> <Server> <Nics> <Nic ip="Server IP Address" iqn="Server IQN Name" portindex="Storage port Index number connected from server"/> <Nic ip="Server IP Address" iqn="Server IQN Name" portindex="Storage port Index number connected from server"/> </Nics> <Chap user="User Name Authentication" password="Authentication Password"/> <MutualChap password="Mutual Authentication Password"/> </Server> </Disk> <Disk name="Disk Name"> ... </Disk> </Disks> </Storage> |
Element Name | Description | Remarks (Possible Values, Examples) |
|---|---|---|
Storage pool name (Pool name) | Storage pool name for disk registration | Specify the resource name of an existing storage pool. If there are storage pools with the same name on different levels, the level must also be specified. Resource_folder_name/Resource_pool_name |
Storage port index number (*1) (Port index) | Index number to specify the storage port | Specify an integer starting from "0". Specify a number between 0 and 999. |
Storage port IP address (Port ip) | Storage port IP address | Specify the items in the following format. IP_address[:iSCSI Communication_Port_Number] Specify an integer between 1,024 and 65,535 for iSCSI Communication_Port_Number. If left blank, "3,260" is set. |
Storage port IQN name (Port iqn) | Storage port IQN name | Specify a character string beginning and ending with an alphanumeric character and containing up to 223 alphanumeric characters, colons (":"), hyphens ("-"), and periods ("."). |
Disk Name (Disk name) | Disk name to register in the storage pool | Specify a character string beginning with an alphanumeric character and containing up to 32 alphanumeric characters, underscores ("_"), and hyphens ("-"). |
Disk size (*2) (DiskSize) | Disk size to register in the storage pool | Specify a number with up to one decimal place, in units of gigabytes. For details on the scope which can be specified, refer to "16.2.3 [Disk] Tab" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE". |
Server IP address (Nic ip) | IP address of the server to use iSCSI boot | Specify the IP address. |
Server IQN name (Nic iqn) | IQN name of the server to use iSCSI boot | Specify a character string beginning and ending with an alphanumeric character and containing up to 223 alphanumeric characters, colons (":"), hyphens ("-"), and periods ("."). For multipath configurations, the same IQN name must be specified for the same server. |
Storage port index number connected from the server (*1, *3) (Nic portindex) | Storage port index number which is connected to a NIC of a server to use iSCSI boot | Specify an integer starting from "0". Specify a number between 0 and 999. |
User name authentication (Chap user) | User name for CHAP authentication (optional) | Specify a user name consisting of alphanumeric characters or symbols containing from 1 to 127 characters (ASCII characters (0x20 to 0x7e)). If left blank, the authentication password cannot be specified. |
Authentication password (Chap password) | Authentication password for CHAP (optional) | Specify a user name consisting of alphanumeric characters or symbols containing from 12 to 16 characters (ASCII characters (0x20 to 0x7e)). If a user name for authentication is specified, this setting cannot be omitted. |
Mutual authentication password (MutualChap password) | Password for mutual authentication (optional) | Specify a user name consisting of alphanumeric characters or symbols containing from 12 to 16 characters (ASCII characters (0x20 to 0x7e)). If a user name for authentication is omitted, this setting cannot be specified. |
*1: If the Index number of a storage port is the same as the one connected to a server, a physical connection is required.
*2: Register the actual LUN size in the iSCSI boot information. If it differs, the actual size of the LUN will be enabled from the server.
*3: The NIC Index specified in the iSCSI boot network definition file must be connected in the ascending order of the specified numbers.
Example
The definition when portindex=0 with NIC1, and portindex=2 with NIC2 are connected is shown below.
Specifying a storage definition file for iSCSI boot
<Nic ... portindex="0"/>
<Nic ... portindex="2"/>
Specifying a network definition file for iSCSI boot
chassis_model.BX900.boot_nic = NIC1,NIC2
Example
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Storage>
<Pool name="StoragePool" />
<Ports>
<Port index="0" ip="192.168.0.1" iqn="iqn.2010-03.com.fujitsu:iscsi:storage-0" />
<Port index="1" ip="192.168.0.2" iqn="iqn.2010-03.com.fujitsu:iscsi:storage-1" />
</Ports>
<Disks>
<Disk name="disk-01">
<DiskSize>10</DiskSize>
<Server>
<Nics>
<Nic portindex="0" ip="192.168.0.10" iqn="iqn.2010-03.com.fujitsu:iscsi:server-01" />
<Nic portindex="1" ip="192.168.0.11" iqn="iqn.2010-03.com.fujitsu:iscsi:server-01" />
</Nics>
<Chap user="root" password="passwordpassword" />
</Server>
</Disk>
<Disk name="disk-02">
<DiskSize>10</DiskSize>
<Server>
<Nics>
<Nic portindex="0" ip="192.168.0.20" iqn="iqn.2010-03.com.fujitsu:iscsi:server-02" />
<Nic portindex="1" ip="192.168.0.21" iqn="iqn.2010-03.com.fujitsu:iscsi:server-02" />
</Nics>
</Server>
</Disk>
</Disks>
</Storage> |
