Thecus Technology i Series User Manual

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OS 
Software/Release Number 
 
 
Microsoft 
Windows 
Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator Version 2.04 
 
System Requirements: 
1. 
Windows XP Professional with SP2 
2. 
Windows 2000 Server with SP4 
3. 
Windows Server 2003 with SP1 
4. 
Windows Server 2003 R2 
Linux 
The iSCSI Initiators are different for different Linux Kernels. 
 
1. 
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (Kernel 2.4), install linux-iscsi-
3.6.3.tar 
2. 
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4  (Kernel 2.6), use the build-in 
iSCSI initiator iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-4 in kernel 2.6.9 
3. 
For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Kernel 2.6), use the build-in 
iSCSI initiator iscsi-initiator-utils-6.2.0.695-0.7.e15 in kernel 
2.6.18 
 
Mac 
ATTO XTEND 2.0x SAN / Mac iSCSI Initiator 
 
System Requirements: 
1. 
Mac® OS X v10.3.5 or later 
• 
iSCSI HBA card 
Vendor 
Model 
 
 
Adaptec 
ASC-7211C (PCI-X, Gigabit, 1 port, TCP/IP offload, iSCSI offload) 
HP 
NC380T (PCI-Express, Gigabit, 2 ports, TCP/IP offload, iSCSI 
offload) 
QLogic  
QLA4010C (PCI-X, Gigabit, 1 port, TCP/IP offload, iSCSI offload) 
QLogic  
QLA4052C (PCI-X, Gigabit, 2 ports, TCP/IP offload, iSCSI offload) 
• 
NIC 
Vendor 
Model 
 
 
D-Link 
DGE-530T (PCI, Gigabit, 1 port) 
HP 
NC7170 (PCI-X, Gigabit, 2 ports) 
HP 
NC360T (PCI-Express, Gigabit, 2 ports, TCP/IP offload) 
IBM 
NetXtreme 1000 T (73P4201) (PCI-X, Gigabit, 2 ports,  TCP/IP 
offload) 
Intel 
PWLA8490MT (PCI-X, Gigabit, 1 port, TCP/IP offload) 
Intel 
PWLA8492MT (PCI-X, Gigabit, 2 ports,  TCP/IP offload) 
Intel 
PWLA8494MT (PCI-X, Gigabit, 4 ports, TCP/IP offload) 
 
 
 
• 
GbE Switch 
Vendor 
Model 
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