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# Create an iSCSI endpoint

Unisphere provides monitoring and management for Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) directors, iSCSI ports, iSCSI endpoints, IP interfaces, and IP routes.

## Steps

1. Select a storage system.
2. Select System > iSCSI to open the iSCSI dashboard.
3. In the Actions panel, click Create ISCSI Endpoint.
4. Select a director from the drop-down menu.
5. Optional: (Optional) Select the Use custom name check box and then type a value for the Endpoint Name.
   If you do not enter a value, the system generates a unique iqn for the endpoint name. If you enter a value, it must follow the following rules:
   - Start with iqn. or eui. strings.
   - Be composed of alphanumeric characters, colons, dashes, and periods.
   - Be less than, or equal to, 255 characters.
   - Be unique on the storage system.
6. Type a value for the Network ID.
   Valid values range from 1 through 16383.
7. Type a value for the TCP Port.
   Default value is 3260. Valid values range from 0 through 65535.
8. Optional: Click Advanced Options to view the port properties advanced section for the iSCSI endpoint.
   1. Select one or more of the following Port Flags:

      Volume Set Addressing | Enables the volume set addressing mode. When using volume set addressing, you must specify a four-digit address in the following range: (0)000-(0)007, (0)010-(0)017, and so on, to a maximum of (0)FF0-(0)FF7. The first digit must always be set to 0 (the storage systems do not currently support the upper range of volume set).
      Environ Set | Enables the environmental error reporting by the storage system to the host on the specific port.
      Avoid Reset Broadcast | Enables a SCSI bus reset to only occur to the port that received the reset (not broadcast to all channels).
      Disable Q Reset on UA | When enabled, a Unit Attention (UA) that is propagated from another director does not flush the queue for this volume on this director. Used for hosts that do not expect the queue to be flushed on a 0629 sense (only on a hard reset).
      Soft Reset | Supports SCSI soft reset on a port when enabled for a Bull GCOS-7 host.
      SCSI 3 | Alters the inquiry data (when returned by any volume on the port) to report that the storage system supports the SCSI-3 protocol. When disabled, the SCSI-2 protocol is supported.
      SCSI Support1 | Provides a stricter compliance with SCSI standards for managing volume identifiers, multiport endpoints, unit attention reports, and the absence of a volume at LUN 0.
      SPC2 Protocol Version | This flag should be enabled (default) in a Windows 2003 environment running Microsoft HCT test version 12.1. When setting this flag, the port must be offline.
      Open VMS | Enables an Open VMS fibre connection.
      ISID Protected | Protected initiator session identifier. This flag applies to iSCSI endpoint only. It has no effect for FA/FCoE ports. When this flag is set on iSCSI endpoint, the system uses the ISID and iSCSI name to calculate the World Wide Name (WWN) in the Persistent Group Registration (PGR) record.

9. Click OK.