Step 4 : Assign A San Target; Step 5 : Enable The Port Of The Target On The Storage Appliance; Step 6 : Enable Isns On The Storage Appliance (Optional) - American Megatrends StorTrends 1100-P User Manual

Step 4 : Assign a SAN Target

A SAN. Target. (such as a volume located in the Storage. Appliance.) is any device that
responds to and communicates with the iSCSI. initiator, via the TCP./IP and the iSCSI
protocols.
Step Action
1 Make sure that you are logged into the Storage. Appliance. and have already created a
SAN. Volume.. Expand the SAN Volume node located in the storage tree menu under the
Pool node.
2 Click on the SAN. Volume. node that you want to assign to a Target..
3 The SAN. Volume. Management page will open. Under the Assign Target section, click on
the Assign Target button.
4 The Target. Settings page opens. Depending on your situation, you can select to Create a
New Target or Choose an Existing Target. The target will be enabled for iSCSI. by
default.
Check the Allow multiple initiators to log on concurrently if you desire that functionality,
but be aware that it could result in data corruption if not used carefully especially in the
case of different file systems.
5 Configure the CHAP. Authentication. information. This step is optional. For more
information see the CHAP and Mutual CHAP section in this chapter.
6 Click on the Apply button to apply the settings.
7 Click on the SAN. Volume. Management link to go back to the Volume Management page.

Step 5 : Enable the Port of the Target on the Storage Appliance

Step Action
1 Make sure that you are logged into the Storage. Appliance. and have already assigned a
SAN. Target.. Click on the iSCSI. icon located under the Control Panel node. Select the
Portals icon.
2 Select the IP Address of the port that you want to Enable, enter a new portal tag if desired,
click on the Enable Portal checkbox, and left click the Apply button.
3 Select the Refresh button if you want to confirm that the port is enabled.

Step 6 : Enable iSNS on the Storage Appliance (optional)

Step Action
1 Make sure that you are logged into the Storage. Appliance. and have already enabled
iSCSI.. Select the ISNS icon located in the page that displays on the right after you click
on the Control Panel node in tree.
2 Place a check next to Enable ISNS to enable iSNS.. Enter the ISNS Server's IP address
into the ISNS server IP field. Left click the Add button to register your Storage. Appliance.
with that ISNS server.
3 After the ISNS Server's IP is displayed in the list of ISNS Server. IP, left click the Apply
button.
Note:
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Left click the Refresh button if you want to view Target. Status and Server.
Status information.
If zoning is being used, make sure that the application server that is
accessing the Target. is configured to be in the same Zone. If it is not in the
same Zone, the application server will not be able to see the targets.