Configuring the QLA4xxx HBA Port
Configuring the QLA4xxx HBA port includes the following:
- Configuring the HBA port iSCSI name and HBA port iSCSI alias name
- Setting the IP address
- Setting the domain name system (DNS) server address
- Enabling service locator protocol (SLP)
- Enabling Internet storage name service (iSNS)
Perform the following steps to configure an HBA port:
- In the SANsurfer iSCSI HBA Manager main window HBA tree, select the HBA port. On the Port Options tab, the Network tab displays (see the illustration below).
Port Options Tabbed Page (Network Tab)
The HBA port information displays:
- HBA. HBA instance number and HBA model
- State. The HBA port state. See Monitoring the Target State for details about the HBA port state and its correspondence with the HBA icons.
- Green background: good
- Yellow background: warning
- Blue background: unknown
- Red background: bad
- HBA iSCSI Name. HBA port iSCSI name. The QLogic manufacturing default name or a name that you assign.
- HBA Alias Name. HBA port iSCSI alias name. Symbolic name you assign to the HBA port for identification purposes.
- IP Address. IP address of the HBA port
- Configure the HBA as described in the following sections.
- When configuration is complete, save the changes. Do one of the following:
- In the HBA Options tabbed page, click Save HBA.
- Right-click in the HBA tree. From the drop-down menu, select Save HBA.
