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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.