Chapter 1 0 Discovering Scsi Targets; Discovering Scsi Targets; Information About Scsi Lun Discovery; About Starting Scsi Lun Discovery - Cisco Nexus 6000 Series Configuration Manual
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Discovering SCSI Targets
This chapter contains the following sections:
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Discovering SCSI Targets
Information About SCSI LUN Discovery
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) targets include disks, tapes, and other storage devices. These targets
do not register logical unit numbers (LUNs) with the name server.
The name server requires LUN information for the following reasons:
• To display LUN storage device information so that a Network Management System (NMS) can access
• To report device capacity, serial number, and device ID information.
• To register the initiator and target features with the name server.
The SCSI LUN discovery feature uses the local domain controller Fibre Channel address. It uses the local
domain controller as the source FC ID, and performs SCSI INQUIRY, REPORT LUNS, and READ CAPACITY
commands on SCSI devices.
The SCSI LUN discovery feature is initiated on demand, through CLI or SNMP. This information is also
synchronized with neighboring switches, if those switches are Cisco Nexus devices.
About Starting SCSI LUN Discovery
SCSI LUN discovery is done on demand.
Only Nx ports that are present in the name server database and that are registered as FC4 Type = SCSI_FCP
are discovered.
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