iSCSI specifications
Item
Specification
Comments
iSCSI target function
Supported
N/A
iSCSI target function
Supported
TrueCopy
®
only
iSCSI ports
2 per interface board
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
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