User`s manual

Sans Digital – EN104L+(B) Admin Guide

Storage Management – iSCSI Initiator Manager

iSCSI Initiator Manager is used to discover and connect to the iSCSI target devices internal or external to the AccuNAS system. Connecting to

the iSCSI target device offers following benefits:

• Expand storage volume when adding more disk drives within the AccuNAS is not possible.

• Use EN104L+(B) as a gateway to manage Logical Volumes residing in both internal and/or external to AccuNAS system.

• Aggregates multiple iSCSI target devices as a single, large, storage space

• Provides an alternative to Fibre Channel or SCSI bus to connect to external storage subsystem

To discover available iSCSI target portals and iSCSI target devices

1. Input IP address and Port number (3260 is default) of the system that contains iSCSI target devices

2. If Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) is applied to the iSCSI target devices, input the user ID and password for

Outgoing and Incoming. Outgoing is used when the system connecting TO

the iSCSI target device requires user ID and password.

Incoming is to authenticate the system where iSCSI target device resides. In the case of incoming authentication, it is the iSCSI

target device system authenticating TO the initiator system.

3. Click on Discovery and list of iSCSI target devices will displayed on the List field

4. To remove any iSCSI target device from the List, click on the device and select Remove button.

Connecting in and disconnecting iSCSI target devices

1. Select desired iSCSI target device to connect to

2. if CHAP is applied to the selected iSCSI target device, input appropriate Outgoing and Incoming user ID and password

3. Select Log In button to connect.

4. To disconnect, select the desired iSCSI target device then click on Log Out button

PV/RV Information

This section shows the list of iSCSI target devices that are available to connect and those that are already connected with the initiator. PV

Pool shows the iSCSI target devices that were connected and became part of Physical Volume list. RV Pool shows the available iSCSI target

devices that have not been connected.

NOTE: More information on RV and PV located under Storage Management – Volume Group Manager sections.