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How to setup iSCSI connectivity and present LUNS to Windows 2003 servers

Hello,

I'm a complete newbie when it comes to iSCSI connectivity as well as presenting LUNS to Windows 2003 servers.

I've been presented with the issue of presenting iSCSI LUNS to Windows 2003 servers in our production environment.

I'm working with (2) Sun 7110 SAN units. They have both been factory defaulted and are in healthy working order at this point. I am currently using one other hosts for NFS mounts and is working fine.

I would be much appreciated if someone can point me in the right direction on how to setup iSCSI connections and present them as LUNs to the Windows 2003 servers.

Thanks ahead of time.

setasoujiro

Not sure about those type of SAN , but what you'd normally do is make a volume , then make that volume an ISCSI lun/target.
When that's done, you use the MS iscsi initiator (you need to download it from MS as it's not built in in 2003) download from here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=18986

Then just use the dynamic or static discovery (enter the IP of the san and chap credentials (if defined))

setasoujiro

Also, if you connect to the LUNs over the initiator, you need to go to the disk management tab on the server and format the LUN and assign a drive letter.

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mawkix

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David,

I have a switch allocated for the backend. I'll be using a 10.1.5.x network for the iSCSI traffic. Any other pertinent settings for the iSCSI NICs?

I haven't found any useful information pertaining to this specific setup with the Sun 7110's sharing iSCSI LUNS to Windows hosts. Specifically W2k3 servers.

Any tips on setting up the targets and initiators would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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david_IPSG: Thanks for the helpful advice. I have iSCSI traffic and sharing LUNs accordingly.

Thank you sir.