Dell PowerVault NX1950 User Manual

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Detailed End-to-End iSCSI Setup

e

The Server Assignment screen appears. Choose the This server only

option and click

Next.

NOTE:

The LUN that you have created is assigned to the internal storage

server only. The iSCSI Targets that are created are configured to be assigned

to external application servers later.

NOTE:

If you are configuring a PowerVault NX1950 cluster solution as the

Target, select the All servers in this cluster option in the Server Assignment

screen.

f

The Server Access screen appears. You must provide the name of the

internal storage server for assignment.

NOTE:

If you are configuring a PowerVault NX1950 cluster solution as the

Target, select the cluster name in the Server Access screen. The Server

Access screen displays a generic warning message about the I/O path. This

warning does not affect the functionality and no action is required.

NOTE:

If you are configuring a PowerVault NX1950 cluster solution with 3.1

iSCSI Target, select the iSCSI HA instance resource name in the Highly

Available Server screen. If you want use the existing volumes for iSCSI, use

Cluster Administrator to move the volumes to corresponding iSCSI HA

instances.

4 Make LUNs Ready for Use—The PowerVault NX1950 storage solution

runs on a Microsoft Windows operating system based platform. Therefore,

the steps to prepare LUNs for use—like assigning a drive letter for the

internal server, providing a volume name, and so on are familiar to

Windows operating system setup. The setup wizard prompts for the

required information and then provides a summary screen before

performing the necessary tasks to provision the storage.

a

In the Provision Storage wizard, the Volume Creation screen appears.

Select

Create a volume on the LUN and select a drive letter to be

assigned to the volume. Click

Next.

b

The Format screen appears. Select Format volume and specify the

label for the volume. Set the

Allocation unit size to Default and

select

Quick format. Click Next.

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