Introduction
in Previous part I and Part II of ISCSI Storage we learned how to create ISCSI Target and how to Create and Configure Virtual Disk
in this article in Pioneers LAB we will discuss how to configure ISCSI Initiator and also discuss some security considerations
ISCSI initiator connect to ISCSI Target
now from Mail105 we will use ISCSI Initiator to Connect to ISCSI target on server iscsi103.pioneers.lab
let us GO
Format VDisk01
Disk is listed in Disk management console diskmgmt.msc
let’s format it for use
ISCSI security Consecrations
before complete ISCSI article , it’s worthy to bring your attention to some security consideration points :
enable CHAP authentication to secure connection between servers [ as ISCSI initiator ] and ISCSI target
Allow only desired server to access specific SICS target
in our DEMO above we use the same NIC network card [172.16.100.103 ] for
- ISCSI Connection
- and also for management
in Production environment : we highly recommend to use
- one NIC for ISCSI Connection with 10GB speed
- another NIC for management
IP Address between ISCSI initiator and ISCSI target should be different subnet and different VLAN
please have a look to suggested diagram below for production environment
