Dell PowerVault 3000i User Manual

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Setting Up Your iSCSI Storage Array

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4 Edit the following entries in the /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file:

a

Edit (or verify) that the

node.startup = manual

line is disabled.

b

Edit (or verify) that the

node.startup = automatic

line is enabled. This will enable

automatic startup of the service at boot time.

c

Verify that the following time-out value is set to 144:

node.session.timeo.replacement_timeout = 144

d

Save and close the /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file.

5 From the console, restart the iSCSI service with the following command:

service iscsi start

6 Verify that the iSCSI service is running during boot using the following command from the console:

chkconfig iscsi on

7 To display the available iscsi targets at the specified IP address, use the following command:

iscsiadm –m discovery –t st -p <

IP_address_of_iSCSI_port

>

8 After target discovery, use the following command to manually login:

iscsiadm -m node –l

This logon will be performed automatically at startup if automatic startup is enabled.

9 Manually log out of the session using the following command:

iscsiadm -m node -T <initiator_username> -p <target_ip> -u

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