Initialize, Partition And Format Drives - IBM TotalStorage DS300 Best Practices Manual

Figure 7-199 SANsurfer — Complete configuration
Note: The Send target host entries might be deleted now. Also the auto
discovery function might be disabled. But even when a new iSCSI target is
assigned to the initiators defined on the TotalStorage DS300, those targets will
not be automatically accessible by the host. The CHAP authentication and the
not defined CHAP name and secret for the send target host entries will
prevent this.
The next step is the partitioning and formatting of the drives.

7.5.7 Initialize, partition and format drives

Before the cluster service can be installed, all shared disks needs to be
initialized, partitioned and formatted with a NTFS file system. Drive letters must
be assigned when no mount points are planned to be used. Perform this tasks
only on node SEINE.
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