Install iSCSI Initiator on the Host PC. Promise Technology VTrack M-Class M500p, VTrak M200f, VTrak M500i, VTrak M300p, VTrak M500f, VTrak M500p, VTrak M300f, VTrak M300i, VTrak M200i, VTrak M200p

Chapter 3: Setup

Install iSCSI Initiator on the Host PC

This step applies to the M500i, M300i and M200i models only.

To access the iSCSI data ports, you must have the iSCSI Initiator installed on your Host PC. You can use a Gigabit Ethernet network interface card (GbE NIC) with hardware-based iSCSI initiator from such vendors as:

• QLogic

• Intel

• Alacritech

Contact the card manufacturer for the latest model information. Follow the installation and setup instructions that come with the card.

Software-based iSCSI Initiator

You can also use a software-based iSCSI initiator in combination with a GbE NIC.

If you choose a Microsoft software iSCSI initiator, point your browser to

www.microsoft.com, click on the Downloads link and search for iSCSI

Initiator. The instructions below apply to iSCSI Initiator version 2.0.

Install the iSCSI initiator on your Host PC then proceed with the following steps.

1.

Go to Start > Settings > Control Panel and double-click on iSCSI Initiator.

Or double-click the iSCSI Initiator icon on the desktop.

The iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box displays.

2.

On the Discovery tab, click on Add button.

3.

In the Add Target Portal dialog box, type in the IP address of one of the

VTrak’s iSCSI ports and click OK.

4.

Go to Targets tab. The iSCSI name should appear. It looks like: iqn.1994-12.com.promise.target.0.0.4.0.0.0.0.0.

5.

Highlight the ISCSI name and click the Logon button. Then click OK on the

Log On to Target dialog box.

To log off from VTrak, do the following:

1.

Launch the iSCSI Initiator as described above.

2.

Go to the Targets tab, highlight the VTrak iSCSI name and click the Details button.

3.

Go to the Sessions tab of the Target Properties dialog box. The Identifier for the iSCSI name should appear. It looks like: ffffffff817b0494-4000013700000007

4.

Check the box to the left of the Identifier, click the Log off... button, then click the OK button.

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After the iSCSI Initiator is installed, follow the installation and setup instructions that come with your GbE NIC card.

Note

Setup of an actual iSCSI initiator takes place after the disk array and logical drive are configured on the VTrak. If you plan to use

LUN Masking, enable this feature and specify your LUNs before setting up your iSCSI initiator.

See “Chapter 4: Management with WebPAM PROe” on page 57

and “Chapter 5: Management with the CLU” on page 151 for more

information.

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