Adding The Drobo To Your Virtual Environment - Drobo B800i Getting Started Manual

Note: Some Windows operating systems and the Macintosh operating system will
also prompt you to format the drives. If so, click Cancel or Ignore, as appropriate.
When changes are complete, a message appears to let you know.
12. Click the OK button.
If you want to set a CHAP password for a volume, see "Setting CHAP Passwords for
Volumes" in the Online User Guide.
Once volumes have been created, you can easily mount them on the Volumes page.
When mounted, the volumes are easily accessible within your operating system. For more
information, see this topic in the Online User Guide.
Adding the Drobo B800i to Your Virtual Environment
If you plan to use your Drobo B800i in a multi-host, virtual environment you have one last step:
to add Drobo B800i as a storage device to your iSCSI VLAN using your virtualization software.
You will first need to physically connect the Drobo B800i to the desired host computer, and
then enter iSCSI settings for the Drobo B800i into your virtualization software's iSCSI initiator.
For further information and configuration steps, please see the following:
and enter multi-host for the keyword search. Click on the knowledge base article,
"Drobo Elite and Multi-Host Environments."
www.drobo.com/virtualization/index.php
and type in the keyword, multi-host and/or VMware.
www.drobo.com/virtualization/index.php
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