Item
Specification
Comments
iSCSI ports
2 per interface board
VSP Gx00 models:
Maximum 32 per iSCSI
system
Connection methods
Direct and switch
connections
Host connections
255 (maximum per iSCSI
port)
With Linux software
initiator, the maximum
number decreases.
Path failover
HDLM
1
Supports Microsoft MPIO
(Multi Path I/O)
Link
10 Gbps SFP+
N/A
Transfer speed
10 Gbps
N/A
Connector type
LC
N/A
Cable
Optical OM3, OM2 MMF
cable
N/A
Network switch
L2 or L3 switch
Should comply with
IEEE802.3ae
Switch cascading
Maximum: 5 switches or
fewer
Minimum number of
cascading switches is
recommended.
MAC address
Per port (fixed value)
Factory setting: World Wide
Unique value. Cannot be
changed.
Maximum transfer unit
(MTU)
1,500, 4,500, 9,000 bytes
(Ethernet frame)
Jumbo frame, MTU size
greater than 1500
Link aggregation
Not supported
N/A
Tagged VLAN
Supported
N/A
IPv4
Supported
N/A
iSCSI specifications
Appendix D: iSCSI standards and specifications
Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G200 Hardware Reference Guide
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