Dell PowerVault MD3800i User Manual

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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 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: The system supports only round-robin load-balancing policies.

Connect To The Target Storage Array From the Host

Server Using Windows Server Core Version

1.

Set the iSCSI initiator services to start automatically (if not already set): sc \\<server_name>
config msiscsi start=auto.

2. Start the iSCSI service (if necessary): sc start msiscsi.

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