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Setting Up a Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance on Microsoft iSCSI Initiators

Ryan Pratt, November 2007

Introduction

This document describes how to attach and use iSCSI targets from the Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance using the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator software.

For more details, see the list of contents below.

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For More Information

Here are additional Sun resources:

• Sun training courses at http://www.sun.com/training/, for example, Sun StorageTek 5000 NAS Administration (NWS-3400)
• Support:
  • Sun Services and Solutions
  • SunSolve Online
• Discussions, such as the Storage Forums (available from the Hardware tab)
• Related documents at http://docs.sun.com:
  • Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance and Gateway System Getting Started Guide (pdf)
  • Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance and Gateway System Administration Guide (pdf)
  • Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance Setup (pdf)
• Storage Administration Wiki
• Related web sites:
  • Sun StorageTek 5320 NAS Appliance web site
  • BigAdmin Storage Resource Collection

Contents

• Introduction
• Preparing the Infrastructure
• Setting Up the Server
  • 1. Download and Install the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator on the Server
  • 2. Launch Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Service
• Setting Up Sun StorageTek 5320 as an iSCSI Target
  • 1. Create RAID-5 LUN(s)
  • 2. Create File Volumes
  • 3. Create the Access List
  • 4. Create an iSCSI LUN
  • 5. Configure iSNS Servers
• Configuring Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
• Mounting a Volume and Binding the Volume to the Target
• Multipathing
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Summary
• References

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