Dell PowerVault MD3220i User Manual

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Appendix—Manual Configuration of iSCSI

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3 Click Log On.
4 Select Automatically restore this connection when the system boots.
5 Select Enable multi-path.
6 Click Advanced and configure the following settings under the General

tab:

Local Adapter—Must be set to Microsoft iSCSI Initiator.

Source IP—The source IP address of the host server you want to

connect from.

Target Portal—Select the iSCSI port on the storage array controller

that you want to connect to.

Data Digest and Header Digest—Optionally, you can specify that a

digest of data or header information be compiled during transmission

to assist in troubleshooting.

CHAP logon information—If CHAP authentication is required,

select this option and enter the Target secret.

Perform mutual authentication—If mutual CHAP authentication is

configured, select this option.

NOTE:

IPSec is not supported.

7 Click OK.

To support storage array controller failover, the host server must be

connected to at least one iSCSI port on each controller. Repeat step 3

through step 8 for each iSCSI port on the storage array that you want to

establish as failover targets. The

Target Portal address is different for each

port you connected to.

NOTE:

To enable the higher throughput of multipathing I/O, the host server

must connect to both iSCSI ports on each controller, ideally from separate

host-side NICs. Repeat step 3 through step 7 for each iSCSI port on each

controller. If using a duplex PowerVault MD32xxi configuration, then LUNs

should also be balanced between the controllers.

The Status field on the Targets tab should now display as Connected.

8 Click OK to close the Microsoft iSCSI initiator.

NOTE:

PowerVault MD32xxi supports only round robin load-balancing

policies.

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