How To Configure OpenFiler iSCSI Storage

After successful installation of openfiler in virtualbox from this link ( How to install openfiler in Virtualbox ), let us show you how to configure the iSCSI storage.

Configuring Openfiler Application

1) Make sure openfiler is on
2) Open browser on any of the client or on your PC.
3) Type https://<IPAddress of openfiler server >:446

4) Enter username: openfiler and password: password

Identifying and Configuring Block devices

Click on Volumes and click on Block devices
Click on the non configured disk (/dev/sdc) or (dev/sdb)
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6) It displays List of harddisks.
7) Click on the non configured disk (/dev/sdb)
8) Scroll down and Select partition type as Physical volume and click on Create.

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10) Click on volumes – Volume groups
11) Enter Volume group Name & Select Harddisks

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14) Scroll down
15) Enter Volume Name and required space
16) Select Filesystem/Volume type as iSCSI
17) Click on Create

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ISCSI volume is created

Configuring Network Settings

19) Click on System Tab
20) Scroll down to Network Access Configuration
21) Enter the Name
22) Specify the Network ID or IP addresses
23) Click on Update

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1) Click on Services
2) Enable ISCSI Target Server

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3) Click on volumes and click on iSCSI Targets –> Add ISCSI target

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5) Click on LUN Mapping & Select blockio, Click on Map.

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 6) Click on Network ACL & Select Network and Select Allow and update

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you are done! In the next article, we will show you how to add this network remote disk to your Linux machine.

Reference: vmwarehub