Thecus N8900 series User Manual page 113

Create iSCSI Volume
Item
iSCSI Target Volume
Target Name
iqn_Year
Iqn_Month
Authentication
Username
Password
Password Confirm
Mutual CHAP
Username
Password
Password Confirm
RAID ID
LUN Allocation
LUN Name
Unused
Allocation
LUN ID
iSCSI Block size
NOTE
NOTE
2. Enable the iSCSI Target Volume by selecting Enable.
3. Enter a Target Name. This will be used by the Stackable NAS function to
identify this export share.
4. Choose the current year from the Year dropdown.
5. Choose the current month from the Month dropdown.
6. Choose to enable CHAP authentication or choose None.
7. If you've enabled CHAP authentication, enter a username and a password.
Confirm your chosen password be reentering it in the Password Confirm
box.
8. Choose Thin-Provision or Instant Allocation
Description
Enable or Disable the iSCSI Target Volume.
Name of the iSCSI Target. This name will be used by the
Stackable NAS function to identify this export share.
Select the current year from the dropdown.
Select the current month from the dropdown.
You may choose CHAP authentication or choose None.
Enter a username.
Enter a password.
Reenter the chosen password
With this level of security, the target and the initiator
authenticate each other.
Enter a username.
Enter a password.
Reenter the chosen password
ID of current RAID volume.
Two modes can be choose from:
Thin-provision：iSCSI thin-provisioning shares the
available physical capacity to multiple iSCSI target
volumes. It allows virtual capacity to be assigned to
targets prior to adding physical space when it has run
out.
Instant Allocation: Allocate available physical
capacity to iSCSI target volumes.
Name of the LUN.
Unused space on current RAID volume.
Percentage and amount of space allocated to iSCSI
volume.
Specific Logic unit ID number.
The iSCSI block size can be set under system advance
option, default is 512 Bytes.
[ 4K ] block size while more than 2TB capacity will be
configured in Windows XP.
[ 512 Bytes ] block size for application like VMware etc.
Be sure the iSCSI target volume has been enabled
or it will not list out while using Initiator to get
associated iSCSI target volumes.
The iSCSI target volume creation will associate at
least one LUN together. It can be assigned either
"Thin-Provisioning" or "Instant Allocation".
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