Dell PowerVault DP500 User Manual

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Detailed End-to-End iSCSI Setup

a

Choose this option to enable MPIO and select Advanced.

b

Go to Advanced Settings

→ General tab and select the following

options from the drop-down menu:

Local Adapter — Microsoft iSCSI Initiator

Source IP — one of the host IP addresses

Target Portal — iSCSI IP address of the PowerVault NF500/NF600
storage system.

c

In the Advanced Settings window, click OK. In the Log On to Target
window, click OK.

The Targets tab now displays the Target status as Connected.

5 In the Log On to Target screen, you can use the Advanced.. option for

other advanced options like CRC/Checksum and IPSec Settings. For more
information, see "Appendix" on page 35.

6 In the Log On to Target screen, click OK.

The connection is established and the status is displayed as Connected.

7 To configure MPIO, repeat step 1 through step 6 and select the following

options:

a

Selecting the Target that is Connected and click LogOn.

b

In the Logon to Target window, select Advanced.., and then select the
IP address of a different host.

c

In the Advanced Settings window, select the redundant iSCSI
IP address of the PowerVault NF500/NF600 storage system.

Selecting the redundant iSCSI IP address ensures that the iSCSI
network traffic and the public network traffic are on separate subnets.
This also allows load balancing/failover.

NOTE:

You can also configure load balancing and failover by using Microsoft

MPIO support or Multiple Connections per Session (MC/S). Currently the
PowerVault NF500/NF600 storage systems only supports the MPIO option. The
MC/S option is not supported with PowerVault NF500/NF600 storage solution
and PowerVault NF500/NF600 cluster systems.

8 From Disk Management, configure the iSCSI Target device. Go to the

iSCSI Initiator host and click Start

→ Control Panel → Administrative

tools

→ Computer Management→ Disk Management.

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