Iscsi Storage - Western Digital My Cloud EX2 Ultra User Manual

Viewing Hard Drive Information
Use the following steps to view status of the disks on your My Cloud EX2 Ultra device.
1. On the Storage page, click Disk Status, if not already selected.
2. Select Drive <drive #> next to the disk for which you'd like to view information.
3. Review the hard drive information, and then click Close.
The Hard Drive Information screen displays the following data:
Vendor
Model
Serial Number
Capacity
Firmware Version

iSCSI Storage

Internet SCSI (iSCSI) is an industry standard developed to enable transmission of iSCSI
block storage commands and data over an existing IP network by using the TCP/IP
protocol. The encapsulated iSCSI commands and data can be transmitted over a local
area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN). As with traditional SCSI, an iSCSI
storage solution requires at least one "initiator" residing on the client computer and at
least one "target" residing on the storage server.
Once the connection is established between the iSCSI initiator and the iSCSI target, the
operating system on the iSCSI initiator sees the storage as a local storage device that
can be formatted, read, and written in the usual manner.
My Cloud EX2 Ultra allows you to create and manage iSCSI targets. The iSCSI target
provides storage, similar to a local hard disk drive, but is accessed over a network rather
then locally. The iSCSI target is protected by the underlying RAID structure of the My
Cloud EX2 Ultra server.
iSCSI Roles
Initiator: A client computer that accesses storage devices using iSCSI commands
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over an IP network.
Target: A network-attached storage device that provides access to logical disks
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(which can be created on the My Cloud EX2 Ultra server).
Creating an iSCSI Target
Use the following steps to create an iSCSI target
1. On the navigation bar, click Storage to display the Storage screen.
2. Click iSCSI, if not already selected.
3. Click the toggle button
4. Click Create iSCSI Target at the bottom of the screen.
5. On the Create iSCSI Target screen, enter the following information:
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The vendor from whom the hard drive was obtained.
The model number of the hard drive selected.
The serial number of the hard drive selected.
The capacity of the hard drive selected.
The current firmware version used on the drive selected.
to enable iSCSI.
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