13) iSCSI

iSCSI 

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• iSCSI

     iSCSI stand for internet Small Computer System Interface. iSCSI Target means Server and iSCSI Initiator means client. Main function of iSCSI Target is that provided shared storage and storage location and get permission for Initiator. Without iSCSI Target permission Initiator do not worked.

• Install and Configure iSCSI Windows Server 2016

Step 1:   In Server Manager, click Manage, and then click Add Role and Feature. The Add Role                     and  Feature Wizard opens, click Next.

Step 2:   In Select Installation Type page, ensure that Role-based or Feature-based Installation is                   selected, and then click Next.

Step 3:   In Select destination Server, click File and Storage Services, click File and iSCSI Service,                 and then Select iSCSI Target Server. Click Next.

Install iSCSI target windows server 2016

Step 4:   On the Feature Window, leave the default selection and then click Next. On the Confirm                   Installation Selection window, check the Restart the destination server automatically if                         required, and then click Install.

Install and Configure iSCSI windows Server 2016

Step 5:   When the installation process has finished, click Close and go for configuring iSCSI in                         Windows server 2016 in the targeted server.

Configure iSCSI Windows Server 2016

     Create iSCSI lUN. To share storage, the first thing to create an iSCSI lun (aka. iSCSI virtual disk) the iSCSI virtual disk is backed by a VHD. To complete iSCSI target server, the configuration goes to Server Manager.

Step 6: On “Server Manager” windows, select “File and Storage Services” tab and then click                       “iSCSI” tab. Click “to create an iSCSI virtual disk, start the new iSCSI virtual disk wizard”.

Configure iSCSI Windows Server 2016

Step 7:  New iSCSI Virtual disk wizard will open. Here, select the server and select the volume and                  then click next.

Select iSCSI virtual Disk Location

Step 8:  On the “Specify iSCSI Virtual Disk name window”, Type name of virtual disk. Here, I                       give “Virtual iSCSI Disk” and then click next.

Specify iSCSI Virtual Disk name

Step 9:  Specify the virtual disk’s size. Choose the disk type, here I have chosen Dynamically                          expanding. So, that disk space won’t be over utilized, and then click Next.

Specify iSCSI Virtual Disk Size

Step 10:  In the “Assign iSCSI target “page, choose “New iSCSI Target” option and then                                  click Next.

New iSCSI Target

Step 11: On the “Specify target name “page, type the name for the new target, and then click Next.

Specify target name

Step 12: Click Next to open Access Server page, as shown in figure.

Specify Access Servers

     So, now you start your initiator Server that you want to Share your storage to that Serve. On “Server Manager” click Tools menu, and then click iSCSI Target, when click will give this massage.

Initiator Server

     Click the Yes button to open “iSCSI initiator Properties”. On the iSCSI initiator properties click Discovery tab, then click Discovery Portal, Enter the IP address or DNS name port number of the portal you want to add.

iSCSI Initiator Properties

      Click Advanced to open Advanced Setting window, on the advanced setting, from the “local adapter” select “Microsoft iSCSI initiator” then from the “initiator IP” Select you IP Address, and then click Ok.

Advanced Setting

     Click Ok to close Advanced Setting, then you will see the target portals in the “Discovery” windows.

iSCSI initiator properties

When the target portals added on the iSCSI initiator, click Ok to close iSCSI initiator Properties.

Step 13:  Now come to the Target Server that you want to share storage device from this server.                          Click Add to specify the iSCSI initiator that will access this iSCSI virtual disk.

Specify Access Server

Step 14:  Add initiator ID box will open. Select the initiator cache on the target server, click Ok.

Select a Method to identify the initiator

Step 15:  you will see the initiator cache on the Specify access server screen, then click Next.

Configure iSCSI Windows Server 2016

Step 16: In the Enable Authentication page, you have option to use CHAP or reverse CAHP for                       Authenticating iSCSI initiator and iSCSI target. Here, I leave will leave it empty and                           then Next.

Enable Authentication

Step 17:  On the “Confirm Selectin” page, click Create to create a new virtual disk or LUN.

Confirm Selectins

Step 18:  When the Creating process has finished, click Close to the View Result window.

Configure iSCSI Windows Server 2016

      After the Installation you can view the virtual disk in iSCSI tab.

Configure iSCSI Windows Server 2016

     When the configuring iSCSI storage has finished, after that you should configure iSCSI initiator on the initiates server. So, now we are going to configure iSCSI initiator, to configure iSCSI initiator follow these process.

Step 19: To connect File Server nodes to iSCSI target open Server Manager, click Tools and                             select iSCSI Initiator, then proceed with the configuration as per the below screenshots.

Configure iSCSI initiator server 2016

Step 20: On the Target tab, from the Discovery targets part, click Refresh, to connect using                               advanced option, select a target and then click connect.

Discovery Target

      On the Connect to Target window, select the add this connection to the list of Favorite Targets, and then click Advanced.

Connect to Target

     On the Advanced Setting windows, in the “Correct using” part, from the local adapter, select “Microsoft iSCSI Initiator” and from initiator IP, Select initiator IP, and from the Target Portal IP, Select the target IP address.

Advanced Setting

Step 21: Then Click Ok to close the Advanced Setting. On the iSCSI initiator Properties, click                           “Favorite Target” then click “Refresh” to find the favorite target.

Favorite Targets

Step 22: In the iSCSI initiator Properties window, click “Volumes and Devices” to automatically                       configure all available device, click Auto Configure.

Volume and Devices

Step 23: When the iSCSI initiator is finished, click Ok to close the iSCSI initiator Properties. So,                       now open “Disk Management” to make sure that the disk is presented correctly.

Disk Management

Step 24: to Create New volume, right click in the left hand corner, click Online.

Disk Management

Step 25: When you online now again right click on that partition, click Initialize Disk.

Initialize Disk

Step 26: When you initialize disk, it will help you to create new volume. Right click on that drive,                      click New Simple Volume, the New Simple Volume wizard will open.

New Simple Volume

Step 27: On the “Welcome to the New Simple Volume Wizard” click Next to continue.

New Simple Volume Wizard

Step 28: On the Specify Volume Size page, choose a volume size, and then click Next to continue.

Specify Volume Size

Step 29: On the Assign Drive Letter or Path page, Select Assign the following drive letter, then                       select your drive letter, and then click next to continue.

Assign Drive letter or Path

Step 30: On the Format Partition page, choose format this volume with the following settings, and                  type your volume label, and then click next.

Format Partition

Step 31: you have successfully completed the New simple volume wizard. click finish to create a                     new partition in the hard disk drive.

Complete the New Simple Volume Wizard

     After creating new simple volume, you can see the partition has created on the disk management console.

Disk Management

     To make sure that the partition working, go to This PC, you can see your created disk partition.

Shared iSCSI Drive

Conclusion: That’s all about install and configure iSCSI windows server 2016, we had install                                   and configure iSCSI target, then configure iSCSI initiator on the next server,                                         that’s work very well. I hope that was helpful, if have any question you can ask                                     me in the comment bellow.