Preface - Fujitsu ETERNUS Server Connection Manual

This document briefly explains the operations that need to be performed by the user in order to
connect an ETERNUS2000 model 100 or 200, ETERNUS4000 model 300, 400, 500, or 600, or
ETERNUS8000 model 700, 800, 900, 1100, 1200, 2100, or 2200 Disk storage system to a
server running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server via an iSCSI interface.
This document should be used in conjunction with any other applicable user manuals, such as
those for the ETERNUS2000 model 100 or 200, ETERNUS4000 model 300, 400, 500, or 600, or
ETERNUS8000 model 700, 800, 900, 1100, 1200, 2100, or 2200 Disk storage system, server,
OS used, adapters, drivers, etc.
This document references the following documents:
• Server Support Matrix
• ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (iSCSI) ETERNUS Disk Storage
System Settings for ETERNUS ETERNUS2000
• ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (iSCSI) ETERNUS Disk Storage
System Settings for ETERNUS4000, ETERNUS8000
• ETERNUSmgr Install Guide
• ETERNUSmgr User Guide
Also, note that in this document the ETERNUS2000 models 100 and 200, ETERNUS4000 mod-
els 300, 400, 500, and 600, and ETERNUS8000 models 700, 800, 900, 1100, 1200, 2100, and
2200 Disk storage systems are collectively referred to as ETERNUS Disk storage systems.
The Contents and Structure of this Manual
This document is composed of the following nine chapters.
• Chapter 1 Workflow
This describes how to connect the ETERNUS Disk storage systems to a server running
Linux.
• Chapter 2 Checking the Server Environment
This describes which servers can be connected to ETERNUS Disk storage systems.
• Chapter 3 LAN Switch Connection
This describes how to connect the ETERNUS Disk storage system to the server via a LAN
switch.
P3AM-4152-02ENZ0 ETERNUS Disk storage systems Server Connection Guide (iSCSI) for Linux
(SUSE Linux Enterprise Server)
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Preface

Second Edition
December 2010
Copyright 2010 FUJITSU LIMITED