Dell PowerVault NX1950 Deployment Manual

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64 Appendix• Round Robin With Subset—The round robin subset policyexecutes the round robin policy only on pathsdesignated as active. The stand-by paths will betried on a round-robin approach upon failure ofall active paths.• Least Queue Depth—The least queue depth policycompensates for uneven loads by distributingpropeortiaonately more I/O requests to lightlyloaded processing paths.• Weighted Paths—The weighted paths policy allows theuser to specify the relative processing load ofeach path. A large number means that the pathpriority is low.Installing and Configuring iSNS serverThe Microsoft iSNS Server is a free download from the Microsoft website atwww.microsoft.com and is available in two versions namely—x86 and IA64.You can use the iSNS Sever for Target discovery on an iSCSI network.iSNS Server is supported on the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server ServicePack 4 and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating systems. Perform thefollowing steps to install the iSNS server:NOTE: Do not install iSNS server on the same server that is running MicrosoftiSCSI Initiator.1 Install Microsoft iSNS Server version 3.0. The Installation process issimple and is wizard-based. In the Welcome to the Microsoft iSNS ServerSetup Wizard screen, click Next.2 The License Agreement screen appears. Read the information and clickNext.3 The Select Installation Folder appears. Enter the folder path or choose alocation on your local drive using the Browse option and click Next.4 In the Confirm Installation screen, click Next.5 The Installing Microsoft iSNS Server screen indicates the installationprogress. The Microsoft iSNS Installation Program prompts you tochoose from the iSNS Installation Options. Choose Install iSNS Serviceand click OK.