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• Create Snapshot-You can take a snapshot of the virtual disk contents at any given instance. • Disk Access-Mount Read/Write (Provision of Read/Write access of the virtual disk by mounting it as a volume in the PowerVault NAS storage system. Mounted virtual disk appears as a local disk). CAUTION: Before mounting the virtual disk, disconnect all iSCSI Targets using the same virtual disk. Failure to do so can cause data corruption. NOTE: Load balancing and failover is possible by using Microsoft MPIO support or Multiple Connections per Session (MC/S). Currently, only the MPIO option is supported with PowerVault NAS storage solution configured with 3.2 iSCSI Target and Microsoft iSCSI Initiator version 2.06 or later. The MC/S option is not supported with PowerVault NAS storage system. Configuring iSCSI LUNs 1 From Disk Management, configure the iSCSI Target device. Go to the iSCSI Initiator host and click Start → Control Panel → Administrative tools → Computer Management→ Disk Management. In the right pane, the iSCSI disk is displayed as Unknown Not Initialized and Unallocated. 2 The Welcome to the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard option appears. Run the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard. a Retain the default settings and select Next in all screens. b The Completing the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard screen appears. Click Finish. NOTE: Dynamic disks are not supported with iSCSI configuration. 3 Go to Disk Management. The Unallocated iSCSI disk is now identified as Basic and Unallocated. Right-click the iSCSI disk and select New Partition.... a The New Partition Wizard is launched. Click Next. b In the Select Partition Type screen, select the Partition Type as Primary Partition. Click Next. c In the Specify Partition size screen, specify the partition size. Click Next. 26 Target Details

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Target Details
•
Create Snapshot—You can take a snapshot of the virtual disk contents at
any given instance.
•
Disk Access—Mount Read/Write (Provision of Read/Write access of the
virtual disk by mounting it as a volume in the PowerVault NAS storage
system. Mounted virtual disk appears as a local disk).
CAUTION:
Before mounting the virtual disk, disconnect all iSCSI Targets using
the same virtual disk. Failure to do so can cause data corruption.
NOTE:
Load balancing and failover is possible by using Microsoft MPIO support or
Multiple Connections per Session (MC/S). Currently, only the MPIO option is
supported with PowerVault NAS storage solution configured with 3.2 iSCSI Target
and Microsoft iSCSI Initiator version 2.06 or later. The MC/S option is not supported
with PowerVault NAS storage system.
Configuring iSCSI LUNs
1
From Disk Management, configure the iSCSI Target device. Go to the
iSCSI Initiator host and click
Start
→
Control Panel
→
Administrative
tools
→
Computer Management
→
Disk Management
.
In the right pane, the iSCSI disk is displayed as
Unknown Not Initialized
and
Unallocated
.
2
The
Welcome to the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard
option appears.
Run the
Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard
.
a
Retain the default settings and select
Next
in all screens.
b
The
Completing the Initialize and Convert Disk Wizard
screen
appears. Click
Finish
.
NOTE:
Dynamic disks are not supported with iSCSI configuration.
3
Go to
Disk Management
. The
Unallocated
iSCSI disk is now identified as
Basic
and
Unallocated
. Right-click the iSCSI disk and select
New
Partition…
.
a
The
New Partition Wizard
is launched. Click
Next
.
b
In the
Select Partition Type
screen, select the Partition Type as
Primary Partition
. Click
Next
.
c
In the
Specify Partition size
screen, specify the partition size. Click
Next
.