Administrator Guide

Modify Volume Access Settings
The read-write permission for a volume can be set to read-only or read-write. In addition, access to the volume from multiple initiators
with different IQNs can be enabled or disabled.
Steps
1. Click the Storage view.
2. In the Storage pane, select a PS Series group.
3. Click the Storage tab.
4. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select a volume.
5. In the Summary tab, click Set Access Type. The Set Access Type dialog box opens.
6. Select the read-write permission for the volume.
• Set Read-Write — You can add to, edit, and delete the contents of the volume.
• Set Read-Only — You cannot add to, edit, or delete the contents of the volume.
NOTE: Set a volume offline before changing the permission of the volume to read-only.
7. If your environment supports multiple initiators with different IQNs accessing a volume, select the Allow simultaneous connections
from initiators with different IQNs checkbox. This option is disabled by default.
8. Click OK.
Set a Volume Online or Offline
When you create a volume, the PS Series group sets the volume online by default. An iSCSI initiator on a computer can discover or
connect to an online volume.
About this task
To make a volume inaccessible to iSCSI initiators, set the volume offline. When a volume is set offline, the PS Series group closes all
current iSCSI connections to the volume.
Steps
1. Click the Storage view.
2. In the Storage pane, select a PS Series group.
3. Click the Storage tab.
4. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select a volume.
5. If the volume is offline, click Set Online to set the volume online.
If the volume is online, click Set Offline to set the volume offline.
6. Click OK.
Add Access Policy Groups to a Volume
To control volume access for a group of servers, add one or more access policy groups to a volume.
Steps
1. Click the Storage view.
2. In the Storage pane, select a PS Series group.
3. Click the Storage tab.
4. In the Storage tab navigation pane, select a volume.
5. In the right pane, click Add Access Policy Groups. The Add Access Policy Groups to Volume dialog box opens.
6. In the Access Policy Groups area, select the access policy groups to apply to the volume.
7. In the Access Policy Group Targets area, select whether the access policy groups apply to volumes and snapshots, volumes only, or
snapshots only.
8. Click OK.
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