Adaptec 5325302057 User Guide - Page 169
Configuring Dynamic Disks to Persistently Reconnect (MS Initiator)
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iSCSI Configuration for Microsoft Windows Mounting a Logical Device Without a Drive Letter To complete this procedure, you must create and format an iSCSI target on the iSCSI Storage Appliance and connect to this logical device using the Microsoft initiator. You must also have an existing NTFS volume on a local disk within the Windows server, initiating the connection. 1 Right-click My Computer and select Manage. 2 The new formatted volume will appear in the Disk Management window. 3 Right-click the New Volume and select Change Drive Letter and Paths.... 4 Click Remove in the Change Drive Letter and Paths for (New Volume) dialog, and click Yes to confirm drive letter removal. 5 Right-click the New Volume again and select Change Drive Letter and Paths.... 6 Select Add in the Change Drive Letter and Paths for (New Volume) dialog. 7 In the Add Drive Letter or Path dialog, select Mount in the following empty NTFS folder. 8 Create a folder or enter the path to the one that will be shared from the Windows server and select OK. 9 Select OK in the Add Drive Letter or Path dialog. This will return you to the Disk Management window. You will see the icon of a disk in place of the folder icon in the File Management window. 10 Create a share to the logical device in the standard method, then reboot the Windows machine and verify that the share is persistent. Configuring Dynamic Disks to Persistently Reconnect (MS Initiator) On pre-Vista operating systems, when iSCSI targets are configured as dynamic disks, the Microsoft iSCSI initiator connecting to the dynamic disk may fail to connect properly during system boot. Using dynamic disks for iSCSI targets on preVista operating systems is not supported by Microsoft. For more information, see the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator User's Guide, available on the Microsoft web site. Appendix A Configuring iSCSI Initiators 163