Creating an iSNS Client Profile

Detailed Steps

To create an iSNS profile, follow these steps:

1. Choose End Devices > iSCSI in the Physical Attributes pane.

You see the iSCSI configuration in the Information pane.

2. Select the iSNS tab.
3. You see the iSNS profiles configured.
4. Click the Create Row icon.

You see the Create iSNS Profiles dialog box.

5. Set the ProfileName field to the iSNS profile name that you want to create.
6. Set the ProfileAddr field to the IP address of the iSNS server.
7. Click Create to save these changes.

To delete an iSNS profile, follow these steps:

1. Choose End Devices > iSCSI from the Physical Attributes pane.

You see the iSCSI configuration in the Information pane.

2. Select the iSNS tab.

You see the iSNS profiles configured.

3. Right-click the profile that you want to delete and click the Delete Row icon.

To tag a profile to an interface, follow these steps:

1. Choose Switches > Interfaces > Gigabit Ethernet in the Physical Attributes pane.

You see the Gigabit Ethernet configuration in the Information pane.

2. Click the iSNS tab.

You see the iSNS profiles configured for these interfaces.

3. Set the iSNS ProfileName field to the iSNS profile name that you want to add to this interface.
4. Click the Apply Changes icon to save these changes.

To untag a profile from an interface using Cisco DCNM-SAN, follow these steps:

1. Choose Switches > Interfaces > Gigabit Ethernet in the Physical Attributes pane.

You see the Gigabit Ethernet Configuration in the Information pane.

2. Click the iSNS tab.

You see the iSNS profiles configured for these interfaces.

3. Right-click the iSNS ProfileName field that you want to untag and delete the text in that field.
4. Click the Apply Changes icon to save these changes.

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