iSCSI configuration and provisioning workflow
When you make storage available to a host using iSCSI, you provision a volume and LUN on the storage virtual machine (SVM), and then connect to the LUN from the host.
- Verifying that the iSCSI configuration is supported
For reliable operation, you must verify that the entire iSCSI configuration is supported. - Completing the iSCSI configuration worksheet
You require iSCSI identifiers, network addresses, and storage configuration information to perform iSCSI configuration tasks. - Recording the iSCSI initiator node name
You must record the iSCSI initiator node name from the iSCSI initiator program on the Windows host. - Creating an aggregate
If you do not want to use an existing aggregate, you can create a new aggregate to provide physical storage to the volume which you are provisioning. - Deciding where to provision the volume
Before you provision a volume to contain your LUNs, you need to decide whether to add the volume to an existing storage virtual machine (SVM) or to create a new SVM for the volume. You might also need to configure iSCSI on an existing SVM. - Starting iSCSI sessions with the target
The Windows host must have an iSCSI connection to each node in the cluster. You establish the sessions from the host by using the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box on the host. - Discovering new disks
LUNs on your storage virtual machine (SVM) appear as disks to the Windows host. Any new disks for LUNs you add to your system are not automatically discovered by the host. You must manually rescan disks to discover them. - Initializing and formatting the LUN
When a new LUN is first accessed by the Windows host, it has no partition or file system. You must initialize the LUN, and optionally format it with a file system. - Verifying that the host can write to and read from the LUN
Before using the LUN, you should verify that the host can write data to the LUN and read it back.
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