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(Two-way discovery CHAP only) Check the box next to
Perform mutual authentication.
Click OK in the Advanced Settings window.
Click OK in the Discovery Target Portal window.
The IP address should now be displayed in the list under
Target portals. If "Connection failure" is reported, make sure
that the firewall is configured to pass iSCSI traffic. If using
CHAP, ensure the name and secrets are configured correctly
on both the iSCSI Software Initiator GUI and XstreamCORE for
discovery.
Using iSCSI PowerShell Module
If not already done, configure the iSCSI service to start
automatically. To do this open PowerShell and enter the
following two commands:
Set-Service -Name msiscsi -StartupType Automatic
Start-Service msiscsi
If an "Access is denied." error is returned, run the
PowerShell as an Administrator, and try again.
Create an iSCSI Target Portal
If "Authentication Failure" is returned check to make
sure the credentials and authentication type matches between
the XstreamCORE and the initiator.
No CHAP
Enter the following command:
New-IscsiTargetPortal -TargetPortalAddress "ipaddress" -
AuthenticationType None
ipaddress is the address of the data port on the
XstreamCORE through which to perform discovery.
One-way CHAP
Enter the following command:
New-IscsiTargetPortal -TargetPortalAddress "ipaddress" -
AuthenticationType ONEWAYCHAP -ChapUsername Username -
ChapSecret Secret
ipaddress is the address of the data port on the
XstreamCORE through which to perform discovery. Username
must match the CHAP In Account Name configured on the
XstreamCORE for discovery. Secret must match the CHAP In
Secret configured on the XstreamCORE for discovery. Both
username and secret are case-sensitive.
Two-way CHAP
(If not already set) Enter the following command:
Set-IscsiChapSecret -ChapSecret Secret
Secret must match the CHAP Out secret configured
on the XstreamCORE for discovery. The secret is case-sensitive.
Enter the following command:
New-IscsiTargetPortal -TargetPortalAddress "ipaddress" -
AuthenticationType MUTUALCHAP -ChapUsername Username -
ChapSecret Secret
ipaddress is the address of the data port on the
XstreamCORE through which to perform discovery. Username
must match the CHAP In Account Name configured on the
XstreamCORE for discovery. Secret must match the CHAP In
Secret configured on the XstreamCORE for discovery. Both the
username and secret are case-sensitive.
Once the Target Portal is created, refresh the list of available
targets by entering the following command:
Update-IscsiTarget
List all available targets by entering the following command:
Get-IscsiTarget
Connect to the Target
Using iSCSI Software Initiator GUI
(Two-way CHAP only) If not already done, click on the
Configuration tab along the top of the iSCSI Initiator
Properties window. Click on the CHAP... button on the
right-hand side, fill in the Initiator CHAP secret, and click
OK.
The Initiator CHAP secret must match the CHAP Out
secret configured on XstreamCORE for the target. The secret is
case-sensitive.
In the iSCSI Initiator Properties window, click on the
Targets tab.
Under Discovered targets, click on the Refresh button.
Select the name of the target, and click on the Connect
button.
(CHAP disabled only) Click OK in the Connect To Target
window.
CHAP
This section only applies when using one-way or two-way
CHAP to connect to this target.
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