Managing Storage Services; Adding An Initiator; Deleting An Initiator - Asus DS300i User Manual

Managing Storage Services

Storage services deal with initiators and LUN mapping. LUN masking is the
process of applying a LUN Map so that each initiator can only access the LUNs
specified for it.
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Adding an Initiator (page 112)
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Deleting an Initiator (page 112)
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Viewing the LUN Map (page 113)
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Enabling LUN Masking (page 113)
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Adding a LUN Map (page 113)
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Editing a LUN Map (page 114)

Adding an Initiator

You must add an initiator to the ASUS Storage's initiator list in order to use the
initiator to create a LUN
To add an initiator:
1. Click the Subsystem
2. Click the Administrative Tools
3. Click the Storage Services
4. Click the Initiators tab in Management View.
5. From the Initiators tab dropdown menu, choose Add Initiator.
6. Enter the initiator's name in the Initiator Name field.
An iSCSI initiator name is the iSCSI name of the initiator device and is
composed of a single text string.
Obtain the initiator name from the initiator utility on your host system.
Note that the initiator name you input must match exactly in order for the
connection to work.
7. Click the Submit button.

Deleting an Initiator

To delete an initiator:
1. Click the Subsystem
2. Click the Administrative Tools
3. Click the Storage Services
4. Click the Initiators tab in Management View.
5. From the Initiators tab dropdown menu, choose Delete Initiators.
Chapter 4: Management with ASUS Storage Management
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