Dell PowerVault NX1950 - Manual (Page 28)

28 Detailed End-to-End iSCSI Setup
2 Add the newly-created highly available iSCSI instances as a resource
group. The newly-created highly available iSCSI instances are then listed
in Active Resources of cluster nodes.
3 When you configure the Initiators, add the highly available iSCSI instance
IP address in the Target Portals tab.
4 After you complete the setup, the iSCSI Targets created on individual
nodes that have highly available iSCSI instances. If the node fails, the
iSCSI Targets of the failed node are managed by surviving node or the
node that owns the Cluster Group.
Configuring iSCSI Devices
This section provides detailed information about installing and configuring
the Initiator and Target in PowerVault NX1950 storage solution.
Installing Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
The Microsoft iSCSI Initiator is a free download on the Microsoft website at
www.microsoft.com. Different versions of the iSCSI Initiator for x86 (32-bit
processors), x64 (AMD64™ and Intel ® EM64T processors), and IA64 (for
Intel processors) are available. For all procedures in this document, go to the
Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Support Matrix and verify the iSCSI
Initiator Version that is used on all hosts. Download and extract the
supported iSCSI Initiator software version on the client/server that is used as
an Initiator device.
NOTE: Other versions of iSCSI Initiator are not supported. If you are running a
different version of iSCSI Initiator on the Initiator Clients/Servers, remove the iSCSI
Initiator using the Add/Remove Programs option and install the supported version.
1 After you download the iSCSI Initiator from the Microsoft website at
www.microsoft.com, double-click the Initiator-<version>.exe
(where version is the version of the iSCSI Initiator that you downloaded)
file to begin installation.
2 The Software Update Installation Wizard appears. Click Next.