Dell PowerVault DP500 - Manual (Page 27)

Detailed End-to-End iSCSI Setup
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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 Microsoft iSCSI Software
Target 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.
Establishing Connections
After you install and configure iSCSI Initiators and Targets, you must
establish connections/sessions to ensure successful login from Initiator to
Target and to perform iSCSI block I/O operations.
Pre-Requisites
• Perform the procedure in "Configuring iSCSI Devices" on page 15.
• Ensure that Target Portals information is added in Microsoft iSCSI
Initiator Properties
→ Targets tab.
Follow these steps to establish connections/sessions:
1 Log on to iSCSI Target device.
2 Go to iSCSI Initiator Properties Wizard→ Targets tab.
The IQN of the Targets is listed and status is displayed as Inactive. Select
one Target device and the select Logon.
3 The Log On to Target screen appears. You can select the Automatically
restore this connection when the system reboots option for continuous
connection during probable reset/reboot of the Initiator.
4 You can use the Enable Multi-path option for load balancing/failover
settings.