Wednesday, November 3, 2010

setting a freenas iscsi drive on esxi server

took all monday morning to do but did succeed
here is a rough description on how to set it all up

disks>management
 -select disk
 -select unformateed in preformatted file system
 -click add
 -click apply settings
disks>Format
 -select disk
 -files system > UFS
 -Format Disk
Services>iSCSI Target
 -click + under Extent
 -add extent name
 -add path to formatted disk
 -add size of disk to use
 -click add
 -click apply settings
 -click + under Target
 -add device name
 -change flag to rw
 -select storage
 -add the authorized network
 -click apply
 -click apply changes
 -click save and restart
Go Into ESXi
 -select lab-esxi1.exigent.lab
 -go to summary tab
 -click enter maintenance mode
 -go into maintenance mode
 -click configuration tab
 -click storage adaptors
 -right click and select rescan iSCSI adaptor
 -if the previously created target appears then go to storage under hardware
  -if not then the iSCSI target from freenas was not set up correctly
 -when in storage click add storage
 -select disk/lun
 -click next
 -the previously created iscsi will appear
 -then click next and go through the wizard to complete

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