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Administrator’s Guide
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(October 17, 2013)
The inform
ation that will be shown for each of the iSCSI session entry:
- Target address: The IP address / DNS name to the iSCSI target.
- Target name: The IQN name of the ISCSI target.*
- Initiator name: The IQN to identify the iSCSI target.*
- Port: The port of the iSCSI TARGET. Default value is “3260”.
- Comment: The description of this entry.
- Connected: “Yes” when the iSCSI session is connected. “No” when
the iSCSI session is disconnected.
- Enable / Disable: Enable/Disable the iSCSI session.
Note: The IQN should be in “iqn.<yyyy-mm>.<reversed domain
name>:<identifier>” format.
8.4.3.1 Rules for enable / disable / delete iSCSI session:
You may enable / disable the iSCSI initiator session for maintenance the iSCSI
target server. When the corresponding additional storages are in use, the
iSCSI initator session cannot be disabled.
8.4.3.2 Difference between disable / delete an iSCSI initiator session
Disable:
The iSCSI initiator session entry still exists in the AhsayUBS. Use this function
when you want to temporarily disable the session and reconnect it later.
Delete:
The iSCSI initiator session entry will no longer be used in this AhsayUBS.
8.4.3.3 Create a connection to an iSCSI target
Note: Please ensure that the iSCSI target should be greater than 2GB.
Otherwise, it cannot be used as the AhsayUBS storage.
1. Go to the page [Storage] > [iSCSI]
2. Click the ‘
’ icon.
3. Enter the required information inside the [iSCSI] TABLE.
4. Click the [Add] button.
5. An [iSCSI] initiator session is now enabled. The connected iSCSI disk is
now ready to be added as Additional Storage for this AhsayUBS. Please refer
to the section [Create Additional Storage] for details.
Note: If the iSCSI initiator session remains for a “Connecting…” state for a
long time, incorrect connection information may have been used or the iSCSI
target host/service could be down. You may destroy this entry and try again.