Manual

Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Terms and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PowerVault NX1950 Storage Solution Vs.
PowerVault NX1950 Cluster Solution
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iSCSI
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iSNS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Active/Passive Vs. Active/Active iSCSI
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Before Setting Up the PowerVault NX1950
Storage Solution as an iSCSI Software Target
. . . . . . 9
Best Practices for Setting Up the iSCSI Storage
Area Network
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2 Quick Install Steps for Initiator-Target
Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Method 1 (Discovery Using Target Portals) . . . . . . . 17
Pre-Requisites
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Configuring the Initiator (Host)
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Configuring iSCSI Connection With the
PowerVault NX1950 Storage Solution
. . . . . . . 19
Creating a Virtual Disk
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Configuring iSCSI Connection With the
PowerVault NX1950 Cluster Solution
. . . . . . . . 21
Configuring the Initiator-Target Connection
From Initiator (Host) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23