Setup Guide

PS Series 3000 QuickStart Step 5. Connect to the Volume from a Host System
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Step 5. Connect to the Volume from a Host System
A PS Series group volume is seen on the network as an iSCSI target. When you
create a volume, its iSCSI target name is generated automatically. An example of
an iSCSI target name for a volume named
dbvol is as follows:
iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic.5-4a0900-2f00000-007eca92d654f160-dbvol
To display the iSCSI target name for a volume, do either of the following:
• In the CLI, enter the command:
volume show volume_name
• In the GUI, select the volume name in the far left panel and then click the
Status tab to display the iSCSI target name at the bottom of the iSCSI
Connections panel.
To connect to a volume, the host must have an iSCSI initiator running and must
match the security credentials in one of the volume’s access control records.
Hardware and software initiators are available from a variety of vendors.
Configure your initiator using the instructions provided by the vendor.
Note: It is strongly recommended that you visit the EqualLogic Customer
Support website to obtain important information about using initiators to
access PS Series group volumes.
The exact procedure for connecting to an iSCSI target depends on the initiator.
See the initiator documentation for details. In most cases, you use the initiator
configuration utility to specify the group IP address as either the target portal
or the discovery address. If the initiator supports the discovery process, it will
return a list of iSCSI targets (volumes) that the host can access.
If the initiator does not support discovery, you must also specify the target name.
The standard iSCSI port number (3260) may also be required.
Using the initiator configuration utility, select the desired target and log in or
connect to the target. If the volume’s access control records use CHAP for initiator
authentication, enter the CHAP credentials (user name and password or “secret”)
at this time. Note that CHAP must already be set up in the group, as described in
the PS Series Group Administration manual.
Once the host connects to the iSCSI target, the volume is seen by the host as a
regular disk that can be formatted using the normal operating system utilities. For
example, you can partition the disk and create a file system, if desired.