Managing Devices in Oracle^® Solaris 11.3

How to Enable iSNS Discovery for the Target Device

Use this method if you have at least one iSNS server on your network. This method enables the iSCSI initiator to discover targets with as little configuration as possible, while also providing state-change notification. State-change functionality notifies the iSCSI initiator when there are changes in the operational state of a target. For this method, you must supply the iSNS server address and port combination. The iSCSI initiator can then query the specified iSNS server to perform device discovery. The default port for an iSNS server is 3205.

1. Become an administrator.

   For more information, see Using Your Assigned Administrative Rights in Securing Users and Processes in Oracle Solaris 11.3.

2. Add the iSNS server information.

   target# itadm modify-defaults --isns-server ip-address

   Identify the ip-address of the iSNS server in your network.

   This step adds the iSNS server information to all of the Oracle Solaris iSCSI targets.

3. Enable iSNS server discovery.

   target# itadm modify-defaults --isns enable