This section describes how to perform the following tasks for
iSCSI Initiator on Windows Server 2012:
The section shows how to perform these tasks using both Server
Manager and Windows PowerShell.
Configuring iSCSI Initiator
Before you can connect to an iSCSI target to provision and use
iSCSI storage, you must first configure the iSCSI initiator on your
computer. To configure the initiator on a server running Windows
Server 2012, open Server Manager and select iSCSI Initiator from the
Tools menu to open the iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box as
shown in Figure 6.
You can use the different settings on the six tabs of the
iSCSI Initiator Properties dialog box to configure the initiator.
Configuration might be required before you can connect your computer
to iSCSI targets in your environment. The following list describes
the six tabs that are available:
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Targets You use this tab to
view and connect to discovered targets, configure advanced
connection settings, disconnect from targets, view session
configuration settings, or view the configuration of devices
associated with a target. You can also use Quick Connect to
discover and log on to a target and add it to your list of
favorite targets.
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Discovery You can use this
tab to discover, view, or remove target portals (iSCSI target
devices) and Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) servers in
your environment. An iSNS server functions similar to a Domain
Name System (DNS) server. The computer running initiator asks
the iSNS server for available iSCSI targets. Adding an iSNS
server enables automatic discovery of all iSCSI targets
available to the computer.
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Favorite Targets You use
this tab to add a target to the list of favorite targets, view
details of the target, or remove the target from the favorites
list. When you do this, the initiator uses saved login
information to always attempt to reconnect to a target whenever
the computer is rebooted.
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Volumes and Devices Use
this tab to view a list of the volumes and devices bound by the
initiator. If a volume in the list is currently mounted, the
drive letter and mount point are shown. You can also use this
tab to automatically configure all available devices and to
manually add or remove devices.
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RADIUS You use this tab to
configure Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service (RADIUS)
authentication by adding a RADIUS server. Unlike CHAP
authentication, which is performed between peers, RADIUS
authentication is performed between a RADIUS server and a RADIUS
client. To use RADIUS, you must have a RADIUS server on your
network.
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Configuration This tab
displays the IQN for the initiator, and you can use its settings
to modify the initiator name, configure a CHAP secret for the
initiator, configure IPsec tunnel mode addresses for the
initiator, or generate a report of all connected targets and
devices on the system.
You can also use Windows PowerShell cmdlets such as
Set-IscsiChapSecret and Register-IscsiSession to configure certain
aspects of the iSCSI initiator.
