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Dell PowerVault NX1950 User Manual

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Detailed End-to-End iSCSI Setup

a

Right-click on the Target name to launch the Create Virtual Disk

Wizard.

b

Click Next. The File screen appears.
Create the Virtual Disk on the internal disk volume (the RAID

volumes available from the attached storage array) that is available to

the iSCSI Target.

NOTE:

In the File screen, use the Browse option to choose the internal disk

volume using browse and enter a name for Virtual Disk file with a .vhd

extension.

c

Click Next. The Size screen appears.
The size of the Virtual Disk depends on the needs of the application

on the host server. Choose the size for the Virtual Disk and click

Next.

For this example, we choose a size of 100 GB from the available 501

GB on this volume.

d

The Description screen appears. The Description field is optional.

However, enter a description for better management. Click

Next.

e

The Access screen appears. Click Add and enter the iSCSI Target

information.
You must associate the Virtual Disk with an iSCSI Target for the

application host to use the Virtual Disk as an iSCSI storage volume.

f

Click Next. The Completing the Create Virtual Disk Wizard appears

indicating the successful completion of the Virtual Disk creation.

g

Repeat step a through step f to create an additional Virtual Disk.

After configuring the Virtual Disks, the PowerVault NX1950 Management

Console displays the Virtual Disks associated with the iSCSI Target.
The

iSCSI Target device view displays the total volume size and the free

space on the device (RAID volume) that is available for iSCSI Targets.
The iSCSI Target configuration is now complete.