Method 2 (discovery using isns server) – Dell PowerVault DP500 User Manual

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Introduction

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3 In Advanced Settings window, select General tab, and select the following

options from drop-down menu and click OK.

Local adapter—Microsoft iSCSI Initiator

Source IP—One of the host IP addresses

Target Portal—iSCSI IP address of the PowerVault 500/PowerVault
600 storage system

4 In the Log On to Target window, click OK.

The Targets tab displays the status of Target as Connected.

5 To accomplish Multipathing, you can establish multiple sessions from the

host to the same Target device using Microsoft MPIO. To enable multiple
sessions:

a

Go to the Targets tab and select the Target that is Connected.

b

Perform step 1 to step 3 listed in "Targets Tab" on page 18.

c

In the Advanced Settings window, configure the redundant host
IP address and Target Portal as the iSCSI IP address of the
PowerVault 500/PowerVault 600 storage system.

NOTE:

You must select the option Microsoft MPIO during iSCSI Initiator

software installation. Multiple connections per session (MC/S) is not
supported on the PowerVault 500/PowerVault 600 storage system.

6 To initialize and configure the iSCSI device as local drive and perform

iSCSI I/O operations, go to Computer Management

→ Disk Management

option.

Method 2 (Discovery Using iSNS Server)

This section describes the procedure for iSCSI Target discovery using the
iSNS server.

Pre-Requisites

Before you perform iSCSI Target discovery, perform the following steps:

1 Download the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator software from the Microsoft

Support website at support.microsoft.com and install the Initiator (Host).

2 Download the Microsoft iSNS Server software from the Microsoft Support

website at support.microsoft.com and install a Client/Server running
Windows operating system.

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