Creating a virtual disk – Dell PowerVault NX1950 User Manual
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Quick Install Steps for Initiator-Target Connection
9 If you choose the Advanced option, you can select the IQN identifier by
performing the following steps:
a
When you choose the Advanced.. option, the Advanced Identifiers
screen appears and displays the
Add option. Select Add.
b
The Add/Edit Identifier appears and provides four options namely—
IQN, DNS Domain Name, IP address, and MAC Address to add the
IQN identifier. Choose any one of the four options.
c
Type in the value or choose the value through the Browse option, and
then select
OK.
The IQN identifier is displayed in the
Advanced Identifiers screen
and the fields
IQN, DNS Domain Name, IP address, and MAC
Address are populated.
d
Select the populated value and select OK.
e
In the iSCSI Initiator Identifiers screen, the IQN identifier field is
populated with appropriate information. Click
Advanced to view
alternate identifiers.
f
Select Next.
10 The Completing the Create iSCSI Target wizard appears. Click Finish.
Creating a Virtual Disk
1 Right-click the newly created Target and click Create Virtual Disk for
iSCSI Target. The Create Virtual Disk wizard appears. Select Next.
2 To create a file, choose the Browse option, select a volume on the storage
array and type a file name with an extension
.vhd.
For example, create Z:\vol1.vhd, where Z is the mounted volume from
storage array and vol1.vhd is the filename. Select Next.
3 In the Size screen, choose the appropriate size from Currently available
free space and click Next.
4 The Description screen may appear. Enter the Virtual disk description, if
required and click
Next.