text: **3.7.3 General recommendation**
  
  This section covers general preferences that are related to iSCSI. 
  
  **Planning for host attachments**
  An iSCSI client, which is known as an iSCSI*initiator*, sends SCSI commands over an IP 
  network to an iSCSI target. A single iSCSI initiator or iSCSI target is called an*iSCSI node*. 
  
  You can use the following types of iSCSI initiators in host systems: 
  
  (cid:2) Software initiator: Available for most operating systems (OS), including AIX, Linux, and 
  Windows. 
  
  (cid:2) Hardware initiator: Implemented as a network adapter with an integrated iSCSI processing 
  
  unit, which is also known as an*iSCSI HBA*. 
  
  Make sure that iSCSI initiators, targets, or both that you plan to use are supported. Use the 
  following websites for reference: 
  
  (cid:2) IBM Storwize V7000 V8.1 Support page 
  (cid:2) IBM Knowledge Center for IBM Storwize V7000 
  (cid:2) hIBM System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC) 
  
  **iSCSI qualified name**
  A Storwize V7000 cluster can provide up to eight iSCSI targets, one per node. Each Storwize 
  V7000 node has its own IQN, which, by default, is in the following form: 
  
  iqn.1986-03.com.ibm:2145.<*clustername*>.<*nodename*> 