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Creating a SAN with iSCSI - Part 5 - Setting up a Windows Initiator - Creating the Drive




You will see the name of the target in the box:



Click Log On to connect to the drive and make it active. You will see a dialog:



For now, just leave automatic restore option unchecked. Click OK. Now the available target box has the target listed as connected:



Click OK and go into the Computer Mangement administration tool. We can see our 3 gig drive:



Let's look at the properties:



Close the properties, right click on the left hand box marked Disk 2 Unknown, and write a signature to the drive so it is detected correctly.

Next

There are 6 parts to this article:
Part 1 - Setting up the Target on GNU/Linux
Part 2 - Setting up a Windows Initiator - Initial Install
Part 3 - Setting up a Windows Initiator - Finish Install
Part 4 - Setting up a Windows Initiator - iSCSI Setup
Part 5 - Setting up a Windows Initiator - Creating the Drive
Part 6 - Setting up a Windows Initiator - Finishing Up



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