DELL N3000 User Manual

Configuring iSCSI Optimization

iSCSI optimization is enabled by default with the appropriate settings to 

operate properly is almost all configurations. However, you find it necessary to 

alter those settings, the following procedure illustrates the configuration steps 

required. 

Figure 17-6 illustrates a stack of three Dell Networking series switches 

connecting two servers (iSCSI initiators) to a disk array (iSCSI targets). 
An iSCSI application running on the management unit (the top unit in the 

diagram) has installed priority filters to ensure that iSCSI traffic that is part 

of these two sessions receives priority treatment when forwarded in hardware.