User's Manual

MANAGING STORAGE ON WD MY CLOUD
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WD MY CLOUD USER MANUAL
Deleting an iSCSI Target
Use the following steps to delete an iSCSI target.
1. On the Storage page, click iSCSI.
2. Under iSCSI Target list, click De
tails next to the target you’d like to delete.
3. Ensure that this is the target you want to delete, then click Delete. The selected target
is deleted and
removed from the iSCSI Target list.
Volume Virtualization
Volume Virtualization simplifies scalability by allowing you to map iSCSI targets on other
network storage devices and present them as volumes on your WD My Cloud device.
Creating a Virtualized Volume
Use the following steps to create a virtualized volume on your device.
1. On the Storage page, click V
olume Virtualization, if not already selected.
2. Click Cr
eate.
3. In the Device IP field, enter the IP address of the device wher
e the iSCSI target resides,
then click Next.
4. Select an iSCSI target from the retrieved list, then click Next.
5. To add authentication to the target, click the toggle button to ON, enter a User Name
and Passwor
d, then click Next.
Disabled authentication is the default. To keep the default, ensure that the
Authentication toggle button is Off, then click Next.
6. Select a LUN (Local Unit Number) from the list, then click Next.
7. Enter a name for the share folder, then click Nex
t.
8. Review the Volume Virtualization summary to ensur
e that your settings are correct, then
click Save. A virtual volume is created.