Managing the System
Disk Management
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NOTE
If you select not to allocate the disk space now, the disk space can be
more flexibly used. However, it is not guaranteed that the iSCSI target has
enough disk space as specified. You may increase the physical disk
capacity by “Online RAID Capacity Expansion” (available in RAID 1, 5, 6).
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Volume
—From the drop-down list, select the disk volume.
•
Capacity
—Move the slider to increase or decrease the capacity.
Type
•
None
—Click to use no authentication between the iSCSI initiator and
targets. The default is None.
•
CHAP
—Click to use the CHAP authentication protocol.
•
User Name
—Enter the user name for CHAP authentication.
•
Password
—Enter the password.
•
Re-enter Password
—Re-enter the password for verification.
•
Mutual CHAP
—Click to use the CHAP authentication protocol between
the iSCSI initiator and targets.
•
Initiator Name
—Enter the initiator name for the mutual CHAP
authentication.
•
Password
—Enter the password.
•
Re-enter Password
—Re-enter the password for verification.
CRC/Checksum (Optional)
•
Data Digest
—Click to use the data digest procedure when identifying and
verifying the checksum.
•
Header Digest
—Click to use the header digest procedure when identifying
and verifying the checksum.
STEP 4
Click
Apply
to save the iSCSI target parameters.
STEP 5
Run the iSCSI initiator (Windows PC, Mac, or Linux) and connect to the iSCSI
target (NAS).
After successful logon, format the iSCSI target (disk volume). You can start to use
the disk volume on the NAS as a virtual drive on your computer.
NOTE
The NAS supports a maximum of 8 iSCSI devices.
