Discovering iSER targets on your Windows host by using iSNS
You can discover iSER target portals by using the internet storage name service (iSNS) method.
Before you begin
- Configure the clustered system to use your iSNS server.
- Verify that the system nodes registered their target portals with it.
About this task
The role of the iSNS server in an iSCSI SAN is to allow iSCSI initiators and targets to register and to query for other registered iSCSI initiators or targets. An internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) server processes iSNS registrations and queries from iSNS clients. A database is used to manage the registrations. A discovery domain is a security and management mechanism that iSNS servers use to administer access and connectivity to iSCSI initiators or iSCSI targets (storage nodes) in an iSCSI SAN. A discovery domain set is a mechanism to store sets of discovery domain mappings in an iSNS database. A discovery domain set might contain one or more discovery domains. A discovery domain can be a member of one or more discovery domain sets. Multiple discovery domain sets can be active at the same time.
Procedure
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Ensure that the iSNS server IP and storage data ports are reachable from each other.
From the associated list of iSNS servers, click Add.
- Go to the Discovery tab. Under iSNS server, click .