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Notes
The iSNS protocol facilitates the automated discovery, management, and configuration of iSCSI and Fibre
Channel devices on a TCP/IP network. iSNS provides intelligent storage discovery and management
services comparable to those found in Fibre Channel networks, permitting a commodity IP network to
function in a similar capacity as a storage area network. iSNS also facilitates a seamless integration of IP
networks and Fibre Channel networks, due to its ability to emulate Fibre Channel fabric services, and
manage both iSCSI devices and Fibre Channel devices. iSNS thereby provides value in any storage
network that has iSCSI devices, Fibre Channel devices, or any combination thereof.
Set Storage Subsystem iSNS Server Listening Port
This command sets the iSNS server listening port.
Syntax
set storageSubsystem isnsListeningPort=listeningPortIPAddress
Parameter
Parameter Description
isnsListeningPort
The IP address that you want to use for the iSNS server
listening port. The range of values for the listening port
is
49152
to
65535
. The default value is
3205
.
Notes
A listening port resides on the database server and is responsible for these activities:
v
Listening (monitoring) for incoming client connection requests
v
Managing the traffic to the server
When a client requests a network session with a server, a listener receives the actual request. If the client
information matches the listener information, then the listener grants a connection to the database server.
Set Storage Subsystem iSNS Server Refresh
This command refreshes the network address information for the iSNS server. This command is valid for
only IPv4.
Note: With controller firmware 10.83.xx.xx, use the command Storage Subsystem iSNS Server Refresh
instead.
Syntax
set storageSubsystem isnsServerRefresh
Parameters
None.
Notes
If the DHCP server is not operating at full capability, or if the DHCP server is unresponsive, the refresh
operation can take between two and three minutes to complete.
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