Dell PowerVault NX1950 Deployment Manual

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28 Detailed End-to-End iSCSI Setup2 Add the newly-created highly available iSCSI instances as a resourcegroup. The newly-created highly available iSCSI instances are then listedin Active Resources of cluster nodes.3 When you configure the Initiators, add the highly available iSCSI instanceIP address in the Target Portals tab.4 After you complete the setup, the iSCSI Targets created on individualnodes that have highly available iSCSI instances. If the node fails, theiSCSI Targets of the failed node are managed by surviving node or thenode that owns the Cluster Group.Configuring iSCSI DevicesThis section provides detailed information about installing and configuringthe Initiator and Target in PowerVault NX1950 storage solution.Installing Microsoft iSCSI InitiatorThe Microsoft iSCSI Initiator is a free download on the Microsoft website atwww.microsoft.com. Different versions of the iSCSI Initiator for x86 (32-bitprocessors), x64 (AMD64™ and Intel ® EM64T processors), and IA64 (forIntel processors) are available. For all procedures in this document, go to theDell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Support Matrix and verify the iSCSIInitiator Version that is used on all hosts. Download and extract thesupported iSCSI Initiator software version on the client/server that is used asan Initiator device.NOTE: Other versions of iSCSI Initiator are not supported. If you are running adifferent version of iSCSI Initiator on the Initiator Clients/Servers, remove the iSCSIInitiator using the Add/Remove Programs option and install the supported version.1 After you download the iSCSI Initiator from the Microsoft website atwww.microsoft.com, double-click the Initiator-.exe(where version is the version of the iSCSI Initiator that you downloaded)file to begin installation.2 The Software Update Installation Wizard appears. Click Next.