How to connect iSCSI in Windows 2008/XP/WIN7

Article ID: 2103

Last updated: 18 Mar, 2013

Below you can find steps on how to connect iSCSI in Windows 2008/XP/WIN7:

first, you have to install the iSCSI Initiator package. You must be logged in as an administrator to install the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator package;
next, launch the iSCSI Initiator software,
if you have Chap Users for Targets, click on the “Discovery” tab, click the “Add” button, then enter your Open-E Data Storage Software V7 IP address,
next click the “Advanced…” button, check “CHAP logon information,” and put in the User name and the Target secret which was given earlier in “Discovery CHAP user access” ( in webgui DSS V7) and then click the “OK” button twice,
on the “Targets” tab you will see the name of available iSCSI targets, e.g. “iqn.2010.09:dss.target0”,
click the “Log On” button and if you have entered a password, you need to repeat the steps outlined in point “e,” then press the “OK” button. The status for the chosen target will now change to “Connected,”
next choose Settings  control panel  administrative tools  computer management  disk management,
now all available iSCSI target drives will be displayed. In order to use them you have to format and mount them in the system under a new disk letter.

NOTE Microsoft iSCSI Initiator ver. 2.08 does not support dynamic disks. Target password must consist of

minimum 12 and maximum 16 alphanumeric characters. Please read the manual and release notes for

the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator for more details, which you can also find on the Microsoft website.

NOTE Please do not ignore the time settings on the Open-E DSS V7 iSCSI target and the client stations. Those

settings must be identical. Time can be synchronized using the “Set time function in the Web interface

menu Setup

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