Users Guide
Appendix 49
Configuring the iSNS Server
iSNS server performs the automatic discovery of iSCSI Initiators and Targets;
after you register them with iSNS server.
• The Initiators that are registered with iSNS servers can view all Target
devices that are registered with iSNS in the
Targets
tab and logon to the
Targets. You do not have to configure Initiators with the IP address or DNS
name of individual Target servers in
Target Portals
. iSNS server performs
Target Discovery.
• Similarly, PowerVault NAS
storage
system (Target) can query the available
Initiators from iSNS server for association.
To configure the iSNS server, perform the following steps.
1
Log on to the server where you have installed the iSNS server 3.0 or later and
go to
Start
→
Programs
→
Microsoft iSNS Server
→
Configure iSNS Server
.
The iSNS server screen consists of three tabs namely—
General
,
Discovery
Domains
, and
Discovery Domain Sets
. The
General
tab lists all devices
(iSCSI Initiators and Targets) that are registered with the iSNS server.
Perform the following procedure to add Targets and Initiators to the
iSNS server:
a
Go to the
iSCSI Initiator properties
→
Discovery
→
iSNS Servers
→
Add
and add the IP address or DNS name of the Initiator and register
this Initiator to the iSNS server.
b
Log in to the iSNS server and go to
Start
→
Programs
→
Microsoft iSNS
Server
→
Configure iSNS Server
→
General
tab. The Initiator that you
registered with iSNS server in step a is listed. Similarly all iSCSI Initiators
that you register with iSNS server are listed in the
General
tab.
c
Log in to the PowerVault NAS
storage
solution that you configured as
a Target and go to
PowerVault NAS Management Console
→
Microsoft iSCSI Software Target
→
right-click and select
Properties
→
iSNS
tab and add iSNS server IP address or DNS name.
d
To verify, log in to the iSNS server and check the
General
tab to ensure
that all Targets of PowerVault storage solution are listed.
If multiple PowerVault NAS
storage
systems are registered with iSNS
server, then all Target Devices that are created in the PowerVault storage
systems are listed in iSNS server.