Dell EqualLogic PS4210XV35 EqualLogic PS4210 Storage Arrays - Installation and - Page 36

PS4210 Installation Guide 5 Storage Allocation 1. Install and configure an iSCSI initiator on the computer. Hardware and software initiators are available from different vendors. Configure your initiator using the instructions provided by the vendor. Note: Dell recommends that you visit the Technical Support website to obtain important information about using initiators to access PS Series group volumes. 2. Make sure that the computer matches one of the volume's access control records. To display the records for a volume: - Using the CLI, enter the following command: volume select volume_name access show - Using the GUI, expand Volumes in the far-left panel, select the volume name, and click the Access tab. If necessary, use the CLI or the GUI to create an access control record that the computer will match. 3. To display the iSCSI target name for the volume: - Using the CLI, enter the following command: volume select volume_name show - Using the GUI, expand Volumes in the far-left panel, select the volume name, and click the Connections tab. 4. On the computer, use the iSCSI initiator utility to specify the group IP address as the iSCSI discovery address. If the initiator supports the discovery process, it will return a list of iSCSI targets that the computer can access. If the initiator does not support discovery, you must also specify the target name and, in some cases, the standard iSCSI port number (3260). 5. Use the iSCSI initiator utility to select the desired target and log in to the target. When the computer connects to the iSCSI target, it sees the volume as a regular disk that can be formatted using the normal operating system utilities. For example, you can partition the disk and create a file system. 28