![]() ![]() Choose the desired drive letter from “ Assign the following drive letter” drop-down box and click on Next. On the Assign Drive Letter or Path screen, you can specify the drive letter. On Specify Volume Size screen, enter the desired size of the disk in text-box named, “ Simple volume size in MB”. The first screen shows details about the wizard. ![]() To do that, right-click on “ Disk 1” and click on “ New Simple Volume.” Once the disk is online, let us create a volume. To do that, right-click on “ Disk 1” and click on “ Initialize disk.” See the following image:Ī dialog box “ Initialize Disk” opens. Once the disk is online, we must initialize it so that the logical disk manager can access it. To do that, right-click on “ Disk 1” and click on Online. To use it first, we must bring it online. See the following image:Īs you can see in the above image, an unallocated partition has been created. To do that, open Control Panel -> Open Administrator Tools -> Computer Management ->Click on “ Disk management,” which is on the left pan of Computer Management Snap-in. Now to use the iSCSI virtual disk, we must initialize it. We have configured the iSCSI target server on “ SAN.DC.Local” hence, enter the DNS Name and click on “ Quick Connect.” See the following image:Īs you can see in the following image, the initiator has been connected to the iSCSI virtual disk. To connect to the iSCSI virtual disk, enter the DNS or IP Address of the iSCSI target server. Here you can specify the IP Address or DNS Name of the iSCSI target server OR iSCSI target portal. To configure the initiator, open the Server manager -> Click on tools and click on “ iSCSI initiator”. Open Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> open Services -> Find “ Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service” service. See the following image:Īlternatively, you can start the service from Administrative tools. See the following image:Ī message box opens that says, we must start the services on the computer, and the service will be started automatically.” Click on Yes. To start the service, open “ Server Manager” -> Click on “ Tools” and select “ iSCSI initiator”. Following is the setup that I have created on my workstation.īy default, the iSCSI service is stopped. Local” server and connect the virtual disk that is created on SAN.DC.Local. In the previous article, I have already configured the iSCSI target server and created a virtual disk on “ SAN.Dc.Local” server. It uses an IP-based Ethernet network to communicate with the iSCSI target server. Workstations and servers use it to mount the target-based volume as a local volume and can be managed accordingly. The iSCSI initiator (Internet small computer system interface) is used to connect to the iSCSI based external storage. Install iSCSI target role on windows server 2016Ĭreate a new iSCSI virtual disk and configure the access server In my previous article, Installing and configuring the iSCSI target Server on Windows Server 2016, I have explained the following: ![]() In this article, I am going to explain how we can configure the iSCSI initiator and use it to connect to the iSCSI virtual disk on the target server. ![]()
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