Adaptec Snap Server 700i Series, User Manual

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iSCSI Configuration for Microsoft Windows
160 Snap Server 700i Series User’s Guide
2
Enter the CHAP user name and password (if applicable).
If you are using CHAP authentication, click
Advanced
, click the
CHAP login
information
box, and enter the CHAP user name and password you created along
with the logical device. Verify that the
Perform mutual authentication
box is
unchecked. Click
OK
to return to the Log On to Target window.
3
Click
OK
to return to the main window. The status of the Target in the Targets list
changes to
Connected
.
Formatting a Logical Device Using the Windows Disk Management Tool
1
Open the Windows Computer Management tool.
Navigate to
Control Panel >
Administrative
Tools > Computer
Management
, and
select
Disk
Management
. If a
wizard opens,
close it and
proceed to the
next step as you
must manually
write the
signature to the
disk.
2
Initialize the logical device.
Right-click the new disk label (Disk 1 in the illustration) and select
Write Signature
(Windows 2000) or
Initialize Disk
(Windows 2003, XP). The new logical device
initializes as a Basic disk.
3
Format the logical device.
Right-click the new disk and select
New Partition
from the right-click menu.
Complete the New Partition wizard, accepting the defaults. Once formatted, the
disk is labeled healthy and is ready for use.
4
To turn a QLogic QLA4050/4052 disk into a dynamic disk, right-click the disk in
the Disk Management window and select
Convert to Dynamic Disk
. When using
the Microsoft iSCSI initiator, dynamic disks are not recommended.