Deployment Guide
• If you are not using CHAP authentication, select No Authentication. Go to step 8. Or
• If you are using CHAP authentication, enter the CHAP user name and password. To enable Mutual
CHAP, select and enter the Mutual CHAP user name and password.
8. Repeat step 7 for each target until at least one connection is logged in for each controller.
9. Go to Connected Targets.
10. Verify that the targets are connected and displays a status of true.
Connect To The Target Storage Array From the Host
Server Using Windows Server GUI
1. Click Start → All Programs → Administrative Tools → iSCI Initiator.
2. Click the Targets tab.
If previous target discovery was successful, the iqn of the storage array should be displayed under
Targets.
3. Click Log On.
4. Select Automatically restore this connection when the system boots.
5. Select Enable multi-path.
6. Click Advanced and configure the following settings under the General tab:
• Local Adapter—Must be set to Microsoft iSCSI Initiator.
• Source IP—The source IP address of the host server you want to connect from.
• Target Portal—Select the iSCSI port on the storage array controller that you want to connect to.
• Data Digest and Header Digest—Optionally, you can specify that a digest of data or header
information be compiled during transmission to assist in troubleshooting.
• CHAP logon information—If CHAP authentication is required, select this option and enter the
Target secret.
• Perform mutual authentication—If mutual CHAP authentication is configured, select this option.
NOTE: IPSec is not supported.
7. Click OK.
To support storage array controller failover, the host server must be connected to at least one iSCSI
port on each RAID controller. Repeat step 3 through step 8 for each iSCSI port on the storage array
that you want to establish as failover targets. The Target Portal address is different for each port you
connected to.
NOTE: To enable the higher throughput of multipathing I/O, the host server must connect to
both iSCSI ports on each RAID controller, ideally from separate host-side NICs. Repeat step 3
through step 7 for each iSCSI port on each RAID controller. If using a duplex configuration, then
LUNs should also be balanced between the RAID controllers.
The Status field on the Targets tab should now display as Connected.
8. Click OK to close the Microsoft iSCSI initiator.
NOTE: The system supports only round-robin load-balancing policies.
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