In order to gather information about the session, you can view the Microsoft Initiator properties by right clicking the “My Computer Icon” on Windows 2000 or 2003 desktop and select:
Manageŕ Device ManagerŕSCSI and RAID ControllersŕMicrosoft iSCSI Initiator
Linux iSCSI Software Initiator
The Linux iSCSI Software Initiator can be downloaded from http://linux-iscsi.sourceforge.net/. A very good guide to assist you in the installation and configuration of the initiator can be found at http://www.cuddletech.com/articles/iscsi.
Figure 3 shows the SANSurfer window for a configuration with two QLA4010 host adapters.
Figure 3. SANSurfer - Two QLA
4010 host adapters
The HBAs are shown by their iqn names. Beneath the host adapters, the target portals that the HBAs were connected to in a previous session are shown. These portals represent the DS300 controller ports. At this time, no LUNs are available.
Once a connection to a Target portal has been established, the session information is displayed. See Figure 4. The LUNs are now shown beneath their respective targets’ iqn name.
Figure 4 – Session established
Note: The No Connection Active state shown for 191.1.9.3 is the sendtargets connection status. After the sendtargets discovery is finished (shown as Session Active), this connection is closed.