> # Presenting Fibre Channel Targets as iSCSI Targets

> The IPS module or MPS-14/2 module presents physical Fibre Channel targets as iSCSI virtual targets, allowing them to be accessed by iSCSI hosts. The module presents these targets in one of the two ways:

> - Dynamic mapping—Automatically maps all the Fibre Channel target devices/ports as iSCSI devices. Use this mapping to create automatic iSCSI target names.
> - Static mapping—Manually creates iSCSI target devices and maps them to the whole Fibre Channel target port or a subset of Fibre Channel LUNs. With this mapping, you must specify unique iSCSI target names.

> Static mapping should be used when iSCSI hosts should be restricted to subsets of LUs in the Fibre Channel targets and/or iSCSI access control is needed (see the "iSCSI Access Control" topic). Also, static mapping allows the configuration of transparent failover if the LUs of the Fibre Channel targets are reachable by redundant Fibre Channel ports (see the "Transparent Target Failover" topic).

> Note The IPS module or MPS-14/2 module does not import Fibre Channel targets to iSCSI by default. Either dynamic or static mapping must be configured before the IPS module or MPS-14/2 module makes Fibre Channel targets available to iSCSI initiators.

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