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initiator products on the market that allows OS X to support iSCSI but they do require a purchase.
To download GlobalSAN iSCSI initiator & Xtarget (this document will not cover Xtarget) start by
creating an account with SNS. If you wish to bypass the limited-but-free trial version you can
setup an account and request the required Permanent keys. To finish and start downloading the
iSCSI initiator press the download button. The install process will require a restart so make sure
all workstation data has been saved. Navigate to the newly downloaded GlobalSAN iSCSI Xtarget
package and double-click to start the installation process. Follow the install procedure and reboot
when prompted at the end of the process.
Once the application has been installed and the system restart has rebooted your workstation,
access System Preferences from the Mac pulldown menu. Press the new GlobalSAN and Xtarget icon
located at the bottom of System Preferences and follow SNS’s instructions to RETRIEVE and ACTIVATE
a permanent key.
If you have selected NFS as your method of connecting.
This information applies to OS X - Version 10.11: “El Capitan” and Version 10.10: “Yosemite”
•
Open terminal and do sudo -s. Enter password of client machine.
• cd /etc on client machine, run ls after
• Use nano or vi to open up nfs.conf file
• If your system has not been used for NFS before you may find your nfs.conf file empty at first.
(This is where you can insert the mount_nfs commands as well so that you won’t have to keep
doing it through the command line each time you mount.)
• Enter the lines below into the nfs.conf:
nfs.client.nfsiod_thread_max = 128
nfs.client.allow_async = 1
nfs.client.mount.options = vers=3,nfs,tcp,async,rwsize=65536,rdirplus
,intr,locallocks nfs.server.async = 1
nfs.server.nfsd_threads = 16