The Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) is a network database of iSCSI initiators and targets maintained on a iSNS server. If iSNS is configured, the NAS server can add its list of targets to iSNS server, which allows Initiators to easily find them on the network.
The NAS server registers its iSCSI targets with iSNS database when any of the following events occurs:
- A first iSNS server is added.
- An iSCSI target is added or deleted.
- The iSCSI service is started.
- The iSCSI domain is changed.
- A NAS server IP address is added or removed.