Moving to the iSCSI target section of the management console, a wizard can be triggered (using the right-mouse click) that begins the iSCSI target creation process.
The iSCSI target wizard is launched. In this case, we will create two iSCSI targets. Each target will be made available to a different application on the host server. The target itself in the Microsoft-based iSCSI target solutions merely defines the path that the iSCSI storage traffic will use from the iSCSI initiator. The actual storage used by the target will be defined in a later step when the virtual disks are created.
Each iSCSI target needs a name and optional description, which are supplied below.
Each iSCSI target needs to be associated with an iSCSI initiator. The iSCSI initiator is the host that is requesting access to the storage represented by the iSCSI target name. The wizard prompts for the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) of the iSCSI initiator or provides alternate ways to identify the iSCSI initiator. In this case, we will choose to identify the iSCSI initiator by its IP address.
Clicking “Advanced” allows us to choose alternate methods of identification.
Clicking “Add” allows the type of identifier to be entered and the specific identifying information to be entered.
After identifying the iSCSI initiator, we are ready to proceed.
The management console now shows the newly created iSCSI target.
The management console also shows the underlying devices available for the iSCSI targets. The storage that will be used by the iSCSI initiators (application hosts) will be defined in a later step when the virtual disks are created.
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