Maintenance Manual
Managing the System
Disk Management
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To add a virtual disk:
STEP 1 Choose Disk Management > Virtual Disk from the Navigation menu. The Virtual
Disk window opens.
STEP 2 Click Add Virtual Disk.
STEP 3 Enter the parameters for the new Virtual Disk:
• Target S er ver IP/Name—Target server IP address or hostname.
• Port—Port number. The default is 3260.
• Get Remote Disk—Retrieves the iSCSI target list.
• Target Name—The drop-down list displays the iSCSI target from the remote
NAS.
• Initiator IQN—Displays the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN).
• CHAP Authentication—Click the check box if authentication is required.
- Username—Enter the username to access the virtual disk.
- Password—Enter the password to access the virtual disk.
• CRC/Checksum (optional). Provides a Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) for
the checksum value.
- Data Digest—Value in the iSCSI header to identify, reject, and request
retransmission of a corrupt data unit.
- Header Digest—Value in the iSCSI header to identify, reject, and request
retransmission of a corrupt data unit
STEP 4 Click Next to continue. The Configure Virtual Disk window opens.
STEP 5 Configure and enter new settings for the virtual disk:
• Virtual Disk Name—Enter the virtual disk name or use the default, for
example, Virtual Disk 1.
• LUN List—The drop-down list displays all LUNs listed under the target.
NOTE Make sure only this NAS can access the selected LUN.
• Format Virtual Disk Now—Click the check box to format the virtual disk.
NOTE All disk data will be removed during the format.