• Configuring HBAs and device drivers
• Downloading firmware to HBAs
• Discovering iSCSI storage devices that can be reached via a network
connection on an iSCSI capable HBA or NIC
• Controlling the visibility of iSCSI peripherals to the host operating
system
• Retrieving statistics describing how much data has been transferred
to and from iSCSI peripherals
As an “open systems” specification, the
IMA is intended for use across a wide variety of operating systems such
as Windows®, Linux®, Solaris™, HP-UX, and AIX®. Storage
management applications will use the IMA to help them manage iSCSI
SANs.