You want to configure an iSCSI target device on your system. Select the group package required to install this functionality on your system.

Question

Options

• Astorage-server
• Bsolaris-small-server
• Cstorage-avs
• Dstorage-nas

• A
  90% (36)
• B
  3% (1)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  5% (2)

Explanation

storage-server is the correct group package because it bundles iSCSI target functionality (via targetd or iscsi-initiator-utils depending on the distro) along with other storage server components needed to expose block devices over a network - it's purpose-built for serving storage to remote clients.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B. solaris-small-server is a minimal Solaris server profile focused on general services, not storage target functionality.
• C. storage-avs refers to Availability Volume Server components (replication/mirroring), not iSCSI target configuration.
• D. storage-nas covers Network Attached Storage (file-level, NFS/CIFS), whereas iSCSI operates at the block-storage level - a key distinction.

Memory tip: Think of the layers - NAS = file, iSCSI = block. You need a server to serve blocks over a network, so the package with "server" in its name (storage-server) is your iSCSI target answer. If you remember "iSCSI = block storage served over a network," storage-server is the only option that matches that role.

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