Software Version: DSS ver. 6.00 up13 Presentation updated: September 2010 How to Connect a DSS V6 to another DSS V6 with an iSCSI Target Volume
Software Version: DSS ver. 6.00 up13
Presentation updated: September 2010
How to Connect a DSS V6 to another DSS V6
with an iSCSI Target Volume
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1. Hardware configuration2. Configure Destination Node:
• Create a Volume Group, iSCSI volume and target on the DSS2,
3. Connecting iSCSI target Volume using iSCSI Initiator on DSS1• Connect to iSCSI target Volume from DSS2 using iSCSI Initiator on DSS1• Create a Volume Groups (vg01), on DSS1
TO SET UP A BACKUP USING AN ISCSI TARGET VOLUME OVER A LAN, BETWEEN TWO DSS V6 SYSTEMS, PERFORM THE FOLLOWING STEPS:
How to Connect to an iSCSI Target Volume over a LAN
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Volume Group (vg00) Volume Group (vg00)
ISCSI volume (lv0000)
iSCSI Target: Target0
Data Server (DSS1)Source nodeIP Address:192.168.0.220
iSCSI initiator
RAID System 1 RAID System 2
Data Server (DSS2)Destination nodeAddress IP:192.168.0.240
1. Hardware configuration
Volume Group (vg01)
NAS volume (lv0100)
iSCSI Target Volume
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2. Configure Destination Node
Volume Groups (vg00)
In Unit manager add the selected physical units (Unit MD0 or other) to create a new volume group (in this case, vg00) and click apply button.
Under the “CONFIGURATION”tab, select „volume manager” and next Vol. Groups.
How to Connect to an iSCSI Target Volume over a LANData Server (DSS2)Destination nodeIP Address: 192.168.0.240
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Select the appropriate volume group (vg00) from the list on the left. In the Action fieldselect a new iSCSI volume for the required size.
After assigning an appropriate amount of space for the iSCSIvolume, click the apply button.
Now select the required size of iSCSI volume. In this examplewe will be adding 450 GB for the iSCSI volume.
How to Connect to an iSCSI Target Volume over a LANData Server (DSS2)Destination nodeIP Address: 192.168.0.240
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The destination iSCSI VolumeBlock I/O is now configured.
iSCSI volume (lv0000)
Data Server (DSS2)Destination nodeIP Address: 192.168.0.240
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Data Server (DSS2)Destination nodeIP Address: 192.168.0.240
Choose “CONFIGURATION”,„iSCSI target manager” and “Targets” from the menu
iSCSI targets
In the Create new target, click the apply to confirm.
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Select target0 within the Targets field.
Assign a volume to the target, click the button located under Action.
Data Server (DSS2)Destination nodeIP Address: 192.168.0.240
iSCSI targets
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Data Server (DSS2)Destination nodeIP Address: 192.168.0.240
The destination iSCSI target is now configured.
iSCSI targets (target0)
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iSCSI initiators
Choose “SETUP”, “iSCSI initiators”. In Add new portal server, in field Portal IP enter the IP Address of targets on thedestination node (in our example this would be 192.168.0.240) then click on the apply to confirm.
Data Server (DSS1)Source nodeIP Address: 192.168.0.220
3. Connecting the iSCSI target Volume using iSCSI Initiator
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Data Server (DSS1)Source nodeIP Address: 192.168.0.220
iSCSI initiators
In Portal manager select the name of the iSCSI targets and click the connect button.
Select 192.168.0.240 within the Portals field.
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Data Server (DSS1)Source nodeIP Address: 192.168.0.220
iSCSI initiators
iSCSI target:iqn.2009-12:dss2.target0 has been connected successfully.
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Data Server (DSS1)Source nodeIP Address: 192.168.0.220
iSCSI initiators
Next, click on the iSCSI target name within the Portals, in this example the name is:iqn.2009-12:dss2.target0.
In the Target manager you can view the connected target's name as well as its size.
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Data Server (DSS1)Source nodeIP Address: 192.168.0.220
Volume Groups (vg00)
Under the „CONFIGURATION”tab, select “volume manager” and next Vol. Groups.
The configuration of connecting toan iSCSI target Volume
is now complete.
In the Unit manager selectphysical units (Unit S003) to create a new volume group (in this case, vg01) and clickapply button
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