Depending on the operating system you're using, you may need to download Microsoft's iSCSI initiator software. If you're connecting from a Windows Vista or Windows Server computer, Microsoft's iSCSI initiator is included with these operating systems, so you can safely skip this step. Make sure to download the initiator that is designed for your operating system.
Microsoft provides builds for both bit and bit Windows. In the bit category, versions are available for both xbased processors and Itanium-based processors. If you have a target that supports Microsoft's MPIO check with your manufacturer , you should enable this option. Otherwise, if your target supports MPIO through the use of a proprietary device-specific module DSM , obtain that DSM from your array manufacturer and follow the manufacturer's installation recommendations.
The two options are important. If you want your server to connect to this volume automatically when your system boots, make sure you choose the Automatically Restore This Connection When The System Boots check box. Unless you have a good reason otherwise, you should always select this check box. If you do not, you can't make the iSCSI target persistent after a reboot and will need to manually reconnect it.
To enable high availability and to boost performance, choose the Enable Multi-path check box. Make sure to understand that multi-pathing MPIO requires multiple network adapters dedicated to the iSCSI task, and for maximum availability, you should also have a fully meshed gigabit Ethernet architecture for your storage traffic.
Now, you have successfully connected to a shared target on your iSCSI array. By doing so, you make sure that Windows does not consider the iSCSI service fully started until connections are restored to all volumes on the binding list.
On the Format partition screen, you can specify the File system type , allocation unit size , and volume name. Once all settings are configured, click on Next. You can view the list of sessions connected to the iSCSI virtual disk using the server manager. If you want more details of it, right-click on it and choose properties. Author Recent Posts. Nisarg Upadhyay. He has expertise in database design, performance tuning, backup and recovery, HA and DR setup, database migrations and upgrades.
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Select the Targets tab, click on the new target from the Targets selection list. Save all changes. Open Computer Management. Select Disk Management from the Storage.
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