Veritas™ Appliance iSCSI Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (3.3.0.1, 3.2, 3.1.2, 3.1.1)
Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS

Setting the IQN for the initiator

This section explains how you can set the IQN for the NetBackup Appliance (initiator).

To set the IQN

  1. Open a Secure Shell (SSH) session to log on to the appliance as an administrator.
  2. Navigate to the Main_Menu > Settings > iSCSI menu.
  3. Type the command Initiator Set IQN and enter the IQN as a parameter.

    Note the following about IQN:

    • The IQN must be up to 255 characters long.

    • The IQN can only contain numbers (0-9), letters (A-Z and a-z), colons (:), hyphens (-), and periods (.).

    Example: iqn.1999-06.com.veritas:abc

  4. The following message is displayed:
    iSCSI> Initiator Set IQN iqn.veritas.abc
    - [Info] The IQN has been updated to iqn.veritas.abc.