The iSCSI client for Windows allows Microsoft(R) Windows NT and Microsoft Windows 2000 computers to access storage over an IP network. The iSCSI client (as an iSCSI initiator) issues SCSI commands to the IBM TotalStorage IP Storage 200i (an iSCSI target) according to the IETF-defined protocol for IP storage. (Refer to www.ietf.org for more information about the IETF-defined protocol for IP storage.)
The iSCSI client for Windows uses standard Windows NT and Windows 2000 network services to connect to remote iSCSI targets. The iSCSI targets are specified using the iSCSI client for Windows Configuration Utility, which exists as a taskbar status icon (usually in the lower-right corner of the Windows desktop and otherwise known as the system tray). The iSCSI client for Windows uses a standard SCSI miniport driver to interface with Windows. When the iSCSI client for Windows is successfully connected to an iSCSI target device, disks assigned to the iSCSI client appear as a physical disk. Operation that you can normally perform on a physical SCSI disk can be performed on an iSCSI disk. Currently, you cannot boot to an iSCSI disk; instead, the iSCSI disk is used for storage after the computer is booted.