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Viewing Hard Drive Information, iSCSI Storage, Creating an iSCSI Target

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MANAGING STORAGE ON MY CLOUD EX2 ULTRA Viewing Hard Drive Information Use the following steps to view status of the disks on your My Cloud EX2 Ultra device. 1. On the Storage page, click Disk Status, if not already selected. 2. Select Drive next to the disk for which you'd like to view information. 3. Review the hard drive information, and then click Close. The Hard Drive Information screen displays the following data: Vendor Model Serial Number Capacity Firmware Version The vendor from whom the hard drive was obtained. The model number of the hard drive selected. The serial number of the hard drive selected. The capacity of the hard drive selected. The current firmware version used on the drive selected. iSCSI Storage Internet SCSI (iSCSI) is an industry standard developed to enable transmission of iSCSI block storage commands and data over an existing IP network by using the TCP/IP protocol. The encapsulated iSCSI commands and data can be transmitted over a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN). As with traditional SCSI, an iSCSI storage solution requires at least one "initiator" residing on the client computer and at least one "target" residing on the storage server. Once the connection is established between the iSCSI initiator and the iSCSI target, the operating system on the iSCSI initiator sees the storage as a local storage device that can be formatted, read, and written in the usual manner. My Cloud EX2 Ultra allows you to create and manage iSCSI targets. The iSCSI target provides storage, similar to a local hard disk drive, but is accessed over a network rather then locally. The iSCSI target is protected by the underlying RAID structure of the My Cloud EX2 Ultra server. iSCSI Roles  Initiator: A client computer that accesses storage devices using iSCSI commands over an IP network.  Target: A network-attached storage device that provides access to logical disks (which can be created on the My Cloud EX2 Ultra server). Creating an iSCSI Target Use the following steps to create an iSCSI target 1. On the navigation bar, click Storage to display the Storage screen. 2. Click iSCSI, if not already selected. 3. Click the toggle button to enable iSCSI. 4. Click Create iSCSI Target at the bottom of the screen. 5. On the Create iSCSI Target screen, enter the following information: MY CLOUD EX2 ULTRA PRIVATE CLOUD STORAGE 61 USER MANUAL

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MANAGING STORAGE ON MY CLOUD EX2 ULTRA
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MY CLOUD EX2 ULTRA PRIVATE CLOUD STORAGE
USER MANUAL
Viewing Hard Drive Information
Use the following steps to view status of the disks on your My Cloud EX2 Ultra device.
1.
On the Storage page, click
Disk Status
, if not already selected.
2.
Select
Drive <drive #>
next to the disk for which you’d like to view information.
3.
Review the hard drive information, and then click
Close
.
The Hard Drive Information screen displays the following data:
Vendor
The vendor from whom the hard drive was obtained.
Model
The model number of the hard drive selected.
Serial Number
The serial number of the hard drive selected.
Capacity
The capacity of the hard drive selected.
Firmware Version
The current firmware version used on the drive selected.
iSCSI Storage
Internet SCSI (iSCSI) is an industry standard developed to enable transmission of iSCSI
block storage commands and data over an existing IP network by using the TCP/IP
protocol. The encapsulated iSCSI commands and data can be transmitted over a local
area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN). As with traditional SCSI, an iSCSI
storage solution requires at least one “initiator” residing on the client computer and at
least one “target” residing on the storage server.
Once the connection is established between the iSCSI initiator and the iSCSI target, the
operating system on the iSCSI initiator sees the storage as a local storage device that
can be formatted, read, and written in the usual manner.
My Cloud EX2 Ultra allows you to create and manage iSCSI targets. The iSCSI target
provides storage, similar to a local hard disk drive, but is accessed over a network rather
then locally. The iSCSI target is protected by the underlying RAID structure of the My
Cloud EX2 Ultra server.
iSCSI Roles
Initiator
: A client computer that accesses storage devices using iSCSI commands
over an IP network.
Target
: A network-attached storage device that provides access to logical disks
(which can be created on the My Cloud EX2 Ultra server).
Creating an iSCSI Target
Use the following steps to create an iSCSI target
1.
On the navigation bar, click
Storage
to display the Storage screen.
2.
Click
iSCSI
, if not already selected.
3.
Click the toggle button
to enable iSCSI
.
4.
Click
Create iSCSI Target
at the bottom of the screen.
5.
On the Create iSCSI Target screen, enter the following information: