Unisphere and Unisphere Central 2020 R1 Administrator's Guide

Test Network Connectivity for an iSCSI Port

Test connectivity for an iSCSI I/O port by pinging a port or host on the network.

1. If you are connected to a Data Collector, select a Storage Center from the drop-down list in the left navigation pane of Unisphere Central.
2. From the SYSTEM menu, click Ports.
   The Ports view is displayed.
3. Click the Front End Ports tab.
4. Select the I/O port, then click (More Actions) and select Ping from the drop-down menu.
   The Ping dialog box opens.
5. If the port uses an IPv4 address, in the IPv4 Address field, type the IP address of the host to which you want to test connectivity.
6. From the Ping Size drop-down menu, select a size in bytes for the ping packets, not including overhead. If you select Other, type a value between 1 and 17000 bytes in the field below the menu.
   NOTE The Ping Size drop-down menu might not be displayed depending on the hardware I/O cards used by the Storage Center.
7. Click OK. A message displays the results of the test.
8. Click OK.