HP LeftHand SAN Solutions Support Document - Application Notes - Best Practices for Enabling Microsoft Windows with SAN/iQ®
Table Of Contents
- Application Notes Best Practices for Enabling Microsoft Windows with SANiQ
- Contents
- 1 Chapter: Enabling LeftHand SAN volumes with the Microsoft™ iSCSI 2.0x Initiator
- 2 Chapter: Finding the iSCSI Initiator Version
- 3 Chapter: LeftHand Networks and Microsoft™ MPIO Support
- 4 Chapter: Expanding a Windows Volume on the SAN
- 5 Chapter: Shrinking a Windows Volume on the SAN
- 6 Chapter: Setting the Windows Disk Partition Offset for Optimal Performance
- 7 Chapter: Ensure That Application Resources on iSCSI Volumes Come Online After a Server Reboot
- 8 Chapter: Microsoft™ iSCSI Initiator Session Timeout Setting
- 9 Chapter: Measuring Performance in a Windows Environment
- Overview
- Using Windows Performance Monitor to Measure SAN Performance
- Setting up Windows Performance Monitor
- Saving a Performance Monitor Log for Analysis
- Monitoring More Than One Server Simultaneously
- Scheduling Performance Data Collection
- Using IOMeter as a SAN Benchmark Tool
- Configuring the ISCSI Volume
- Configuring IOMeter
- Configuring IOMeter Access Specification for each Test
- Running the Test
- Interpreting Results
- Access Specifications to Run
- 10 Chapter: Frequently Asked Questions
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Setting Up the Initiator Secret
The Initiator Secret is set at the MS iSCSI initiator and must be configured
via the Lefthand Centralized Management Console and the MS initiator
interface. From the MS Initiator interface, create the initiator secret. The
secret must be between 12 and 16 characters long and must be different than
the target secret.
To configure the initiator secret open the iSCSI initiator interface and choose
the Initiator Settings tab.
Assign a secret to the initiator. Record the initiator secret and the initiator
node name. These will be used to complete the configuration via the LeftHand
Networks Centralized Management Console. The initiator node name may be
cut and pasted.
The Initiator Secret is associated with the Authentication Group, open the
Authentication Group you want to add the initiator secret to. Fill in the
Initiator Secret and click OK.