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Setting Up Your iSCSI Storage Array

8 Click OK.

If discovery session failover is desired, repeat step 5 and step 6 (in this step) for all iSCSI ports on the
storage array. Otherwise, single-host port configuration is sufficient.

NOTE:

If the connection fails, make sure that all IP addresses are entered correctly. Mistyped IP addresses

are a common cause of connection problems.

If you are using Windows Server 2008 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

3 If you are not using mutual CHAP authentication, skip to step 4.
4 Enter the mutual CHAP secret you entered for the storage array:

iscsicli CHAPSecret <

secret

>

5 Remove the target portal that you configured on the storage array during target discovery:

iscsicli RemoveTargetPortal <

IP_address

> <

TCP_listening_port

>

You will reset this IP address under CHAP authentication in the following steps.

6 Add the target portal with CHAP defined:

iscsicli QAddTargetPortal

<

IP_address_of_iSCSI_port_on_storage_array

> [

CHAP_username

]

[

CHAP_password

]

where

[CHAP_username

]

is the initiator name

[

CHAP_password

]

is the target CHAP secret

If discovery session failover is desired, repeat step 5 for all iSCSI ports on the storage array. Otherwise,
single-host port configuration is sufficient.

If you are using Linux Server

1 Edit the /etc/iscsi.conf file to add an

OutgoingUsername=

and

OutgoingPassword=

entry

after each

DiscoveryAddress=

entry.

OutgoingUsername

is the iSCSI initiator name entered

in Step 4: Configure Host Access, and the

OutgoingPassword

is the CHAP secret created in Step

5: Configure CHAP Authentication on the Storage Array (optional).

For example, your edited /etc/iscsi.conf file might look like this:

DiscoveryAddress=172.168.10.6

OutgoingUsername=iqn.1987-05.com.cisco:01.742b2d31b3e

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