Dell PowerVault NX1950 - Manual (Page 41)

Detailed End-to-End iSCSI Setup 41
Configuring Devices
You can perform all operations related to Virtual Disks (Devices) using the
following options in PowerVault NX1950 Management Console:
• Create/Delete Virtual Disk—Virtual Disks are represented with a .vhd
extension. You can create or delete Virtual Disks using this option.
• Extend Virtual Disk—You can dynamically increase the size of an iSCSI
Virtual Disk without losing data and without restarting the iSCSI Target.
• Import—You can import the old Virtual Disks, existing Virtual Disks
previously created on the same server or another server. This feature is
useful during software upgrades.
• Disable—You can temporarily take the Virtual Disk offline and can bring
the Virtual Disk back online with the Enable option.
• Assign/Remove Target—Associate Virtual Disk with one or more targets,
remove the existing association.
• Create Snapshot—You can take a snapshot of the Virtual Disk contents at
an 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 NX 1950
storage system. Mounted Virtual Disk will appear as a local disk)
NOTICE: Before mounting the Virtual Disk, disconnect all iSCSI Targets using the
same Virtual Disk. Failure to do so can cause data corruption.
Establishing Connections
After you install and configure iSCSI Initiators and Targets, you must
establish sessions to ensure successful login from Initiator to Target and to
perform iSCSI block I/O operations.
Pre-Requisites
• Perform the procedure in "Configuring iSCSI Devices" on page 28.
• Ensure that Target Portals information is added in
Microsoft iSCSI
Initiator Properties→ Discovery tab.
Follow these steps to establish sessions:
1 Log on to iSCSI Target device.