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Creating a Virtualized Volume, Connecting a Virtualized Volume to a Target, Volume Virtualization

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MANAGING STORAGE Creating a Virtualized Volume Use the following steps to create a virtualized volume on your device. 1. On the Storage page, click Volume Virtualization, if not already selected. 2. Click Create. 3. In the Device IP field, enter the IP address of the device where the iSCSI target resides, then click Next. 4. Select an iSCSI target from the retrieved list, then click Next. 5. To add authentication to the target, click the toggle button to ON, enter a User Name and Password, then click Next.  Disabled authentication is the default. To keep the default, ensure that the Authentication toggle button is Off, then click Next. 6. Select a LUN (Local Unit Number) from the list, then click Next. 7. Enter a name for the share folder, then click Next. 8. Review the Volume Virtualization summary to ensure that your settings are correct, then click Apply. A virtual volume is created. Connecting a Virtualized Volume to a Target Use the following steps to connect a virtualized volume on your device. 1. On the Storage page, click Volume Virtualization, if not already selected. 2. Click Job Details next to the virtual volume you'd like to connect. 3. Click Connect. Once connected to the target, the system automatically formats the LUN, if it hasn't been done before. 4. Once your virtual volume is formatted, click Close. The state of the volume is changed to Connected. Your new virtual volume is now available on your My Cloud device. Modifying a Virtualized Volume Use the following steps to modify a virtualized volume on your device. 1. On the Storage page, click Volume Virtualization, if not already selected. 2. Select the virtual volume you'd like to modify, then click Modify. 3. Make the necessary changes to the volume, then click Apply. When the modified settings are saved, the virtual volume is connected again. MY CLOUD USER MANUAL  59

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MANAGING STORAGE
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MY CLOUD USER MANUAL
Creating a Virtualized Volume
Use the following steps to create a virtualized volume on your device.
1.
On the Storage page, click
Volume Virtualization
, if not already selected.
2.
Click
Create
.
3.
In the Device IP field, enter the IP address of the device where the iSCSI target resides, then
click
Next
.
4.
Select an iSCSI target from the retrieved list, then click
Next
.
5.
To add authentication to the target, click the toggle button to
ON
, enter a User Name and
Password, then click
Next
.
Disabled authentication is the default. To keep the default, ensure that the Authentication
toggle button is Off, then click
Next
.
6.
Select a LUN (Local Unit Number) from the list, then click
Next
.
7.
Enter a name for the share folder, then click
Next
.
8.
Review the Volume Virtualization summary to ensure that your settings are correct, then
click
Apply
. A virtual volume is created.
Connecting a Virtualized Volume to a Target
Use the following steps to connect a virtualized volume on your device.
1.
On the Storage page, click
Volume Virtualization
, if not already selected.
2.
Click
Job
Details
next to the virtual volume you’d like to connect.
3.
Click
Connect
. Once connected to the target, the system automatically formats the LUN, if it
hasn’t been done before.
4.
Once your virtual volume is formatted, click
Close
. The state of the volume is changed to
Connected. Your new virtual volume is now available on your My Cloud device.
Modifying a Virtualized Volume
Use the following steps to modify a virtualized volume on your device.
1.
On the Storage page, click
Volume Virtualization
, if not already selected.
2.
Select the virtual volume you’d like to modify, then click
Modify
.
3.
Make the necessary changes to the volume, then click
Apply
. When the modified settings are
saved, the virtual volume is connected again.