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Dell PowerVault NX1950 User Manual

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Quick Install Steps for Initiator-Target Connection

3 To create a target, follow the instructions in "Creating the Target" on

page 19 and to create a virtual disk, follow the instructions in "Creating a

Virtual Disk" on page 20.
The active node is the node on which the cluster resources are running.

From any cluster node, click

StartAdministrator ToolsCluster

AdministratorGroupsCluster Group. The active node is listed in the

middle pane in the

Owner section.

NOTE:

Redundant iSCSI NICs (MPIO) are not supported with PowerVault

NX1950 cluster solution configured with 3.0 iSCSI Target.

Configuring 3.1 iSCSI Target (Active/Active)
Create iSCSI highly-available instance on all nodes of PowerVault NX1950

cluster solution. To create a highly-available instance, go to the PowerVault

NX1950 Management Console of a cluster node and perform the following

steps:

1 Right-click the Microsoft iSCSI Software Target option and select Create

HA Instance for iSCSI. If an highly-available instance already exists in the

cluster, the following message appears:

A highly available instance already exists. Would

you like to configure a new instance?

2 Click Yes. The Create Highly Available Instance for iSCSI Storage screen

appears.

3 Click Add. The Add IP Address Resource screen appears.
4 Enter the resource name, IP address, subnet mask, and choose the network

interface according to your iSCSI configuration setup. Configure the

iSCSI HA instance IP address on the NIC that is dedicated for iSCSI

traffic.

NOTE:

If the Resource name exceeds the maximum allowable size of 15

characters, it is truncated to 15 characters.

5 Click OK. The highly-available iSCSI instance is created successfully.
6 Repeat the procedure for all nodes of the PowerVault NX1950 cluster

solution.