This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps administrators and technical professionals understand Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) and how to implement it for use with IBM Storwize® storage systems. iSCSI can be used alone or with other technologies.

This publication provides an overview of the iSCSI protocol and helps you understand how it is similar to and different from Fibre Channel (FC) technology. It helps you plan and design your network topology. It explains how to configure your IBM Storwize storage systems and hosts (including IBM AIX®, Linux, VMware, and Microsoft Windows hosts) to interact with it. It also provides an overview of using IBM Storwize storage systems with OpenStack.

This book describes configuring iSCSI for IBM Storwize and SAN Volume Controller storage systems at Version 7.6 or later.

In addition to configuration, this publication provides information about performance and troubleshooting.

Part 1. iSCSI overview

Chapter 1. Use cases for iSCSI virtualization

Chapter 2. Introduction to iSCSI in IBM Storwize storage systems

Chapter 3. External virtualization and host connectivity interface options for the IBM Storwize family

Chapter 4. Planning considerations

Chapter 5. iSCSI storage connection security

Chapter 6. IBM Storwize performance

Part 2. iSCSI host attachment

Chapter 7. Configuring the IBM Storwize storage system and hosts for iSCSI

Chapter 8. IBM Spectrum Virtualize and IBM Storwize performance monitoring

Chapter 9. IBM Spectrum Virtualize and IBM Storwize storage systems on the OpenStack platform

Chapter 10. Troubleshooting

Part 3. iSCSI virtualization

Chapter 11. iSCSI virtualization overview

Chapter 12. External virtualization of IBM Storwize storage systems

Chapter 13. Virtualization of IBM Spectrum Accelerate storage systems

Chapter 14. External virtualization of Dell EqualLogic

Chapter 15. Configuration and administration of iSCSI

Chapter 16. Troubleshooting Internet Small Computer System virtualization