Dell POWERVAULT MD3620I User Manual

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Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI

If you do not plan to configure CHAP authentication, repeat step 1

thorough step 6 for all iSCSI ports on the storage array.

If you are using Windows Server 2008 Core Version:

1 Set the iSCSI initiator service to start automatically:

sc \\<server_name> config msiscsi start=auto

2 Start the iSCSI service: sc start msiscsi
3 Add a target portal:

iscsicli QAddTargetPortal
<IP_address_of_iSCSI_port_on_storage array>

If you are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6,

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, or SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11:
Configuration of the iSCSI initiator for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 distributions is done by modifying the

/etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file, which is installed by default when you install

MDSM. You can edit the file directly, or replace the default file with a sample

file included on the PowerVault MD series resource media.
To use the sample file included on the media:

1 Make a copy of the default /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file by saving it to another

directory of your choice.

2 Edit the following entries in the /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file:

a

Edit or verify that the node.startup = manual line is disabled.

b

Edit or verify that the node.startup = automatic line is

enabled. This enables automatic startup of the service at boot time.

c

Verify that the following time-out value is set to 30:
node.session.timeo.replacement_timeout = 30

d

Save and close the /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file.

3 From the console, restart the iSCSI service with the following command:

service iscsi start

4 Verify that the iSCSI service is running during boot using the following

command from the console:
chkconfig iscsi on

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