All you have to do is to insert it in the system. The installation is very simple. I clicked Next 3 times, Yes, Next 2 more times, Configured a static IP address on OpenFiler recommended but not required , changed my time zone, set the root password, clicked Next, rebooted the server, and the installation was completed.
In my case, I installed and ran all 3 of the servers I am demonstrating in this article inside VMware Workstation. While this article is about connecting the Windows initiators to an iSCSI target and not about how to administer or configure the iSCSI target, let me touch on how to configure OpenFiler for just a moment. Figure 1: OpenFiler Administrative login interface. When you see the dialog box below, answer Yes to start the iSCSI service every time the system boots, in the future.
Click on Add Portal. Thus creating a new local disk to be used by the Operating System. After the connection is set up, the LUN will be shown as a local disk offline and with the readonly attribute set of the Windows Server.
The disk needs to be activated and configured before you are able to use it. A commandline tool like diskpart can be used if you want to automate this process as well or are not abel to use the Storage Manager GUI. Feedback will be sent to Microsoft: By pressing the submit button, your feedback will be used to improve Microsoft products and services. Privacy policy.
The following tables display the tested support limits and, where applicable, whether the limits are enforced. Testing configurations included: 8 LUs per target instance with an average over 64 targets, and target instances with one LU per target.
Each active node in the failover cluster owns a different iSCSI Target Server clustered instance with other nodes acting as possible owner nodes. Please refer to the Windows Server Catalog for version compatibility. The screenshot below illustrates four connected Ethernet Ports CT0. These need to be in place before proceeding.
Leave the Port default set to
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