iSCSI Implementation and Best Practices on IBM Storwize Storage Systems

Planning considerations

This chapter describes the planning considerations and preferred practices for iSCSI implementation. It describes general considerations, network topology, and preferred practices based on specific operating systems. It lists limits for the iSCSI and IBM Systems IBM Storwize family.

This chapter describes the following topics:

•4.1, “General considerations” on page 40

•4.2, “Network topology” on page 42

•4.3, “Planning for host access” on page 46

•4.4, “Planning considerations for external virtualization” on page 52

•4.5, ...