Fibre Channel Screens

TrueNAS Enterprise

Fibre Channel is a TrueNAS Enterprise feature. Only TrueNAS systems licensed for Fibre Channel show iSCSI Fibre Channel screens and settings found by going to Sharing > Block Shares (iSCSI).

Enterprise systems with fibre channel hardware can access fibre channel settings and screens through various iSCSI wizard and share screens.

The Block (iSCSI) Shares Targets widget shows iSCSI shares configured for fibre channels. The Wizard button on the header opens the Wizard iSCSI wizard on the Target screen. See Target Screens - Fibre Channel below.

The more_vert icon button shows two options: a toggle for Turn On Service/Turn Off Service and Config Service. Config Service opens the iSCSI Global Configuration screen.

The Wizard button opens the iSCSI wizard on the Targets screen with the Fibre Channel option. The wizard has three screens:

• Target
• Extent
• Protocol Options

To access the individual iSCSI screens click on the iSCSI widget header. The Targets screen opens by default. For more information on iSCSI screens and settings, see iSCSI Screens - Fibre Channel below.

Next advances to the next wizard screen. Back shows the previous wizard screen. Save creates the iSCSI share.

The iSCSI Wizard opens showing the Target screen with the Fibre Channel option. Select to configure the target for fibre channel.

The Target dropdown shows the default Create New. Selecting Create New creates a share. Selecting an existing target from the dropdown list allows you to edit that target.

The iSCSI wizard Extent screen shows settings to name the share, set the type of extent devices, and the sharing platform for the device.

Wizard Extent Settings

Setting	Description
Name	The name given to the iSCSI block share. Enter a name using up to 64 lowercase alphanumeric and special characters. Allowed characters are dot (.), dash (-), and colon (:). A name longer than 64 characters is not allowed. See the “Constructing iSCSI names using the iqn.format” section of RFC3721. The base name (from Target Global Configuration) is automatically prepended if the target name does not start with iqn.
Extent Type	Has two options: Device and File. Select an option to show other settings for each option.
Device	Shows if Extent Type is set to Device. Shows Create New or a list of iSCSI devices added to the system. Create New shows additional settings.
Pool/Dataset	Shows after selecting Create New in Device. Enter or browse to select the path to the mount point. Browsing to select the dataset activates the Create Dataset option. Click to open the Create Dataset dialog, which creates a zvol.
Size	Shows after clicking Create New in Device and after adding the mount point in Pool/Dataset. Enter a numerical value and suffix to specify the size of the zvol you are creating.
Path to the Extent	Shows if Extent Type is set to File. Enter or browse to select the mount point for the directory the extent uses. If a directory does not exist, after selecting the dataset where you want to add the directory, then enter a / followed by the name to add the directory to the dataset.
Filesize	Shows if the Extent Type is set to File. Enter the size for the directory. Leaving this set to 0 uses the actual file size and requires the file to exist. Otherwise, specify the file size for the new file.
Sharing Platform	Shows for both options. Select the platform that matches your use case. Options are: VMware: Extent block size 512b, TCP enabled, no Zen compat mode, SSD speed Xen: Extent block size 512b, TCP enabled, Xen compat mode enabled, SSD speed Legacy OS: Extent block size 512b, TCP enabled, no Xen compat mode, SSD speed Modern OS: Extent block size 4k, TCP enabled, no Xen compat mode, SSD speed

The iSCSI wizard Protocol Options screen for fibre channel shows three setting options to configure fibre channel ports and initiators.

Clicking on the iSCSI widget header opens the iSCSI share screens.

Global Target Configuration opens the iSCSI service configuration screen.

Wizard opens the iSCSI wizard configuration screens.

The iSCSI shares screen opens showing Targets by default.

Six tabs show for each of the following screens: Targets, Extents, Initiators, Portals, Authorized Access, and Fibre Channel Ports. Each shows what is configured on the system, and provides access to the add and edit configuration screens for each functional area.

The iSCSI Global Configuration screen opens when you click Edit on the iSCSI Service row of the System > Services screen, and after clicking the Global Target Configuration button at the top of all iSCSI share screens.

Global Configuration Settings

Setting	Description
Base Name	Enter a name using lowercase alphanumeric characters. Allowed special characters are dot (.), dash (-), and colon (:). See the “Constructing iSCSI names using the iqn.format” section RFC3721 for more information.
ISNS Servers	Enter host names or IP addresses of the ISNS servers to be registered with the iSCSI targets and portals of the system. Press Enter to separate each entry.
Pool Available Space Threshold (%)	Generate an alert when the pool reaches this percentage of space remaining. This is typically configured at the pool level when using zvols or at the extent level for both file and device-based extents.
iSCSI listen port	TCP port used to access the iSCSI target. The default is 3260.

The iSCSI Targets screen shows a list of targets configured in the system and provides access to the add and edit configuration screens. Select a target to see details about that item.

Add and Edit open the configuration screen for the selected target. Delete opens a dialog with delete options.

The screen shows four widgets on the right side of the screen for the selected target: Fibre Channel Port, Fibre Channel Connections, Extents, and iSCSI Connections.

Fibre Channel Port shows the fibre channel port showing the two HA assignments configured on the system, one for the HA primary controller and the other for the standby controller. These are created when you add the targets for an HA system or migrate existing from an earlier TrueNAS (13.0 or 13.3) release to the latest release.

Fibre Channel Connections shows the schema name for the ports assigned to each controller in an HA system.

Extents shows a list of LUNs, and includes two options: Associate button and a Remove Extent Association link_off icon.

iSCSI Connections shows a list of the connections configured on the system.

Delete opens a confiration dialog with two options: Delete 1 associated extent and Force Delete. Select the options to include in the delete operation.

Delete 1 associated extent shows the number of associated extend for the selected target.

Force Delete deletes the target even if the share is still in use.

Cancel closes the dialog without deleting. Delete deletes the target but does not delete the iSCSI volumes associated with the extents.

The Remove Extent Association link_off icon opens the Remove extent association dialog that shows the LUN link association and two buttons: Cancel and Remove. Removing the association activates the Associate button on the widget.

The Associate button is inactive when the extent is associated with a LUN. Removing the association activates the button. Clicking the button opens the Associate target dialog.

Enter a LUN ID between 0 and 1023 into LUN ID. SCALE requires at least one LUN 0. Some initiators expect a value between 0 and 256. Leaving this field blank automatically assigns the next available ID.

Select the target on the Extent dropdown list.

The Add Target and Edit Target screens show the same configuration settings.

The Extents screen shows a table listing extents configured on the system. Extents are shared storage units.

Add and Edit open the configuration screen for the selected target. Delete opens a dialog with delete options.

The Delete iSCSI Extent name deletes the specified extend. The name of the extent shows in the dialog title.

Force allows deleting the extend even if the share is active.

Delete deletes the extent and closes the dialog. Cancel closes the dialog without deleting the extent.

The Add Extent and Edit Extent screens show the same configuration settings.

Extent Basic Info Settings

Setting	Description
Name	Enter a name for the extent. An Extent where the size is not 0, cannot be an existing file within the pool or dataset.
Description	Enter any notes about this extent.
Enabled	Select to enable the iSCSI extent.

Extent Compatibility Settings

Setting	Description
Enable TPC	Select to allow an initiator to bypass normal access control and access any scannable target. Third Party Copy (TPC) enables a disk target to process Extended Copy (XCOPY) operations that would otherwise be blocked, allowing data transfers to occur directly between storage devices without passing through the initiator.
Xen initiator compat mode	Select when using Xen as the iSCSI initiator.
LUN RPM	Select the option from the dropdown list. Options are UNKNOWN, SSD, 5400, 7200, 10000 or 15000. Do not change this setting when using Windows as the initiator. Only change LUN RPM in large environments where the number of systems using a specific RPM is needed for accurate reporting statistics.
Read-only	Select to prevent the initiator from initializing this LUN.

Extent Type Settings

Setting	Description
Extent Type	Provides virtual storage access to zvols, zvol snapshots, or physical devices. Select the extent (zvol) option from the dropdown list. Dropdown options: Device - Select to specify a device (default option). Device provides virtual storage access to zvols, zvol snapshots, or physical devices. Shows the Device field. File - Select to specify a path to a file. File provides virtual storage access to a single file. Shows the Path to the Extent and Filesize fields.
Device	Shows after specifying Device in Extent Type. Select the unused zvol or zvol snapshot from the dropdown list.
Path to the Extent	Enter or browse to select the path to an existing file. Enter a slash (/) followed by a file name to create a file in a dataset and append the file name to the path (/filename.ext).
Filesize	Enter 0 to use the actual file size of an existing file, or specify the file size for the new file added in Path to the Extent.
Logical Block Size	Shows the default 512 size. If the initiator requires a different block size, enter the numerical value.
Disable Physical Block Size Reporting	Select if the initiator does not support physical block size values over 4K (MS SQL).

The Initiators Groups screen shows a table listing initiator groups configured on the system.

Add opens the Add Initiator screen. Edit opens a version of the Add Initiator screen with only two fields. Delete opens a dialog to delete an initiator group.

Add opens the Add Initiator screen showing the settings to create new authorized access client groups or edit existing ones in the list.

Add Initiator Group Settings

Setting	Description
Allow All Initiators	Select to allows all initiators.
Allowed Initiators (IQN)	Enter initiators allowed access to this system. Enter an iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) and click + to add it to the list. Example: iqn.1994-09.org.freebsd:freenas.local.
Description	Enter any notes about the initiators.
Connected Initiators	Shows the list of connected initiators on the system.
Allowed Initiators	Shows the list of allowed initiators on the system.
Refresh	Updates the screen.

Edit opens the Add Initiator edit screen showing two options: Allow All Initiators and Description. Save saves changes and closes the screen. Cancel closes the screen without saving changes.

The configuration tabs Portals screen displays a list of portal ID groups on the TrueNAS system.

Delete opens the Delete dialog for the selected portal ID. Click Confirm and then Delete to delete the selected portal.

Add opens the Add Portal screen. Edit opens the Edit Portal screen. Both screens have the same setting options.

The Add Portal and Edit Portal screens show the same configuration settings.

Portal Basic Info Settings

Setting	Description
Description	Enter an optional description. Portals are automatically assigned a numeric group.
Add Listen	Click Add to show the IP Address field where you add the IP address and netmask (CIDR) for the portal.
IP Address	Shows several options for setting up a portal. Select from these options: 0.0.0.0 - Select to listen on all IPv4 addresses. :: - Select to listen on all IPv6 addresses. TrueNAS server IP address - Select to use the IPv4 address assigned to the primary network interface for the TrueNAS server being configured. IPv6 address assigned to the system.

The Authorized Access screen displays settings to create new authorized access networks or edit existing ones in the list.

If you have not set up authorized access yet, the No Authorized Access screen displays with the Add Authorized Access button in the center of the screen. Add Authorized Access or Add at the top of the screen opens the Add Authorized Access screen.

After adding authorized access to the system, the Authorized Access screen displays a list of users. Delete opens the Delete dialog for the selected portal ID. Confirm enables the delete option. Delete deletes the selected portal and closes the dialog.

Add opens the Add Authorized Access screen.

Edit opens the Edit Authorized Access screen. Delete opens a dialog to delete the authorized access for the selected user.

The Add and Edit screens display the same settings.

The Add Target and Edit Target screens show the same configuration settings.

Authentication Method and Group Settings

Setting	Description
Group ID	Enter a number. Allows configuring different groups with different authentication profiles. For example, all users with a group ID of 1 inherit the authentication profile associated with Group 1.
Discover Authentication	Select the discovery method for authentication from the dropdown list. iSCSI supports multiple authentication methods that targets use to discover valid devices. Options are: None - Select to allow anonymous discovery. When set to None, you can leave an iSCSI Group Authentication Method set to None or empty. CHAP - Select to use CHAP as the authentication method. If set to CHAP enter or create a new group on the Add iSCSI Targetscreen. Mutual Chap - Select to use the Mutual CHAP two-way authentication method. To show this option, configure the Peer User and the password.

User Settings

Setting	Description
User	User account to create CHAP authentication with the user on the remote system. Many initiators use the initiator name as the user name.
Secret	Enter the user password. Secret must be at least 12 and no more than 16 characters long. The screen displays a Password does not match error until you enter the same password in Secret (Confirm).
Secret (Confirm)	Enter the same password to confirm the user password.

Peer Settings

Setting	Description
Peer User	(Optional) Enter only when configuring mutual CHAP. Usually the same value as User. Configure the peer user name and password to see Mutual Chap in the Discover Authentication dropdown list.
Peer Secret	Enter the mutual secret password. Required if entering a Peer User. Peer user must use a different password than the password in Secret.
Peer Secret (Confirm)	Enter the same password to confirm the mutual secret password.

The Fibre Channel Ports screen shows a table listing fibre channels configured on the system. Virtual ports show as child elements to physical ports.

Ports are configured while setting up targets and extents. When migrating from earlier versions of TrueNAS, ports map from the earlier release to the latest TrueNAS release.

The Edit icon opens the Change Number of Virtual Ports dialog.

The Change Number of Virtual Ports dialog shows the Virtual Ports field where you enter a numeric value to specify the number of ports for the selected fibre channel.