Configuring iscsi luns – Dell PowerVault NX1950 User Manual
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Detailed End-to-End iSCSI Setup
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In the Advanced Settings window, select the redundant iSCSI
IP address of the PowerVault NX1950 storage system.
Selecting the redundant iSCSI IP address ensures that the iSCSI
network traffic and the public network traffic are on separate subnets.
This also allows load balancing/Failover.
The iSCSI connection is now established and the device is ready for
block I/O operations.
NOTE:
You can also configure Load balancing and failover by using Microsoft
MPIO support or Multiple Connections per Session (MC/S). Currently the
MPIO option is supported with PowerVault NX1950 storage solution and
PowerVault NX1950 cluster solution configured with 3.1 iSCSI Target and
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator version 2.06 or later. The MC/S option is not
supported with PowerVault NX1950 storage system and PowerVault NX1950
cluster solutions.
Configuring iSCSI LUNs
1 From Disk Management, configure the iSCSI Target device. Go to the
iSCSI Initiator host and click
Start → Control Panel → Administrative
tools → Computer Management→ Disk Management.
2 In the right pane, the iSCSI disk is displayed as Unknown Not Initialized
and
Unallocated.
3 The Welcome to the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard option appears.
Run the
Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard.
a
Retain the default settings and select Next in all screens.
b
The Completing the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard screen
appears. Click
Finish.
NOTE:
Dynamic disks are not supported with iSCSI configuration.
4 Go to the Disk Management. The Unallocated iSCSI disk is now
identified as
Basic and Unallocated. Right-click the iSCSI disk and select
New Partition….
a
The New Partition Wizard is launched. Click Next.
b
In the Select Partition Type screen, select the Partition Type as
Primary Partition. Click Next.