Now that both the iSCSI target and initiator are in Solaris, let's see how to set one up. On the target machine, we do the following...

First, use 'iscsitadm' to provide a directory where the iSCSI repository and configuration information is stored. This is also the directory where the logical units will be stored if you create luns that are disk emulated files (the default).

hodur# iscsitadm modify admin -d /var/tmp/iscsi

Now actually create the luns. I chose to create pass-through raw devices instead of file based disk emulating luns.

hodur# iscsitadm create target --type raw --backing-store /dev/rdsk/c4t2d0 c4t2d0
hodur# iscsitadm create target --type raw --backing-store /dev/rdsk/c4t4d0 c4t4d0
hodur# iscsitadm create target --type raw --backing-store /dev/rdsk/c4t8d0 c4t8d0
hodur# iscsitadm create target --type raw --backing-store /dev/rdsk/c4t12d0 c4t12d0

Let's get a listing of the targets on this machine:

hodur# iscsitadm list target 
Target: c4t2d0
    iSCSI Name: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:aaf6d680-6681-e36e-8497-855decbf8038.c4t2d0
    Connections: 0
Target: c4t4d0
    iSCSI Name: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:f935aa89-d195-6ed9-9a1a-febe8d0550d2.c4t4d0
    Connections: 0
Target: c4t8d0
    iSCSI Name: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:5af80810-aa7c-c8c2-e566-af70bd579219.c4t8d0
    Connections: 0
Target: c4t12d0
    iSCSI Name: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:b3120e6c-896c-e3e3-c908-8a43789997d9.c4t12d0
    Connections: 0
hodur#

Now onto the initiator:

fsh-mullet# iscsiadm add discovery-address 
fsh-mullet# iscsiadm modify discovery -t enable

We wait a few seconds, and then verify the status on the target machine (notice the 4 luns are now online instead of offline):

hodur# iscsitadm list target -v
Target: c4t2d0
    iSCSI Name: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:aaf6d680-6681-e36e-8497-855decbf8038.c4t2d0
    Connections: 1
        Initiator:
            iSCSI Name: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:01:0003ba73b35b.44d23863
            Alias: fsh-mullet
    ACL list:
    TPGT list:
    LUN information:
        LUN: 0
            GUID: 010000e0812a8f5300002a0044d3ef91
            VID: SUN
            PID: SOLARIS
            Type: raw
            Size:   34G
            Backing store: /dev/rdsk/c4t2d0
            Status: online
Target: c4t4d0
    iSCSI Name: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:f935aa89-d195-6ed9-9a1a-febe8d0550d2.c4t4d0
    Connections: 1
        Initiator:
            iSCSI Name: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:01:0003ba73b35b.44d23863
            Alias: fsh-mullet
    ACL list:
    TPGT list:
    LUN information:
        LUN: 0
            GUID: 010000e0812a8f5300002a0044d3ef8e
            VID: SUN
            PID: SOLARIS
            Type: raw
            Size:   34G
            Backing store: /dev/rdsk/c4t4d0
            Status: online
Target: c4t8d0
    iSCSI Name: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:5af80810-aa7c-c8c2-e566-af70bd579219.c4t8d0
    Connections: 1
        Initiator:
            iSCSI Name: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:01:0003ba73b35b.44d23863
            Alias: fsh-mullet
    ACL list:
    TPGT list:
    LUN information:
        LUN: 0
            GUID: 010000e0812a8f5300002a0044d3ef8a
            VID: SUN
            PID: SOLARIS
            Type: raw
            Size:   34G
            Backing store: /dev/rdsk/c4t8d0
            Status: online
Target: c4t12d0
    iSCSI Name: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:b3120e6c-896c-e3e3-c908-8a43789997d9.c4t12d0
    Connections: 1
        Initiator:
            iSCSI Name: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:01:0003ba73b35b.44d23863
            Alias: fsh-mullet
    ACL list:
    TPGT list:
    LUN information:
        LUN: 0
            GUID: 010000e0812a8f5300002a0044d3ef87
            VID: SUN
            PID: SOLARIS
            Type: raw
            Size:   34G
            Backing store: /dev/rdsk/c4t12d0
            Status: online
hodur# 

Now back on the initiator, we check to see if we can see those devices:

fsh-mullet# format
Searching for disks...done


AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
       0. c0t0d0 
          /pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/sd@0,0
       1. c0t1d0 
          /pci@1c,600000/scsi@2/sd@1,0
       2. c2t1d0 
          /iscsi/disk@0000iqn.1986-03.com.sun%3A02%3Ab3120e6c-896c-e3e3-c908-8a43789997d9.c4t12d00001,0
       3. c2t2d0 
          /iscsi/disk@0000iqn.1986-03.com.sun%3A02%3A5af80810-aa7c-c8c2-e566-af70bd579219.c4t8d00001,0
       4. c2t4d0 
          /iscsi/disk@0000iqn.1986-03.com.sun%3A02%3Af935aa89-d195-6ed9-9a1a-febe8d0550d2.c4t4d00001,0
       5. c2t5d0 
          /iscsi/disk@0000iqn.1986-03.com.sun%3A02%3Aaaf6d680-6681-e36e-8497-855decbf8038.c4t2d00001,0
Specify disk (enter its number): ^C
fsh-mullet# 

Hmm, perhaps i could even create a RAID-Z out of those luns...

fsh-mullet# zpool create -f iscs-me raidz c2t1d0 c2t2d0 c2t4d0 c2t5d0
fsh-mullet# zpool status
  pool: iscs-me
 state: ONLINE
 scrub: none requested
config:

        NAME        STATE     READ WRITE CKSUM
        iscs-me     ONLINE       0     0     0
          raidz1    ONLINE       0     0     0
            c2t1d0  ONLINE       0     0     0
            c2t2d0  ONLINE       0     0     0
            c2t4d0  ONLINE       0     0     0
            c2t5d0  ONLINE       0     0     0

errors: No known data errors
fsh-mullet# 

Do i hear Mr. Koolaid? ... "OH YEAH!"