Chapter 5 User and System Administration

System Administration

Creating iSCSI Storage Locations

The following procedure describes how to create an iSCSI storage location for storing NAM capture data.

Step 1 Choose Administration > System > Capture Data Storage.

The Capture Data Storage window displays and lists any capture data storage locations already configured.

Step 2 Click Create iSCSI.

Step 3 Enter the requested parameters in the New iSCSI Storage window.

Table 5-6describes the iSCSI Storage location parameters.

Table 5-6

iSCSI Storage Location Parameters

 

 

 

Field

 

Description

 

 

 

Name

 

Name of the remote storage entry

 

 

 

Server

 

DNS hostnam or IP address of the iSCSI server.

 

 

 

Target Name

 

iSCSI target name configured on the remote iSCSI server

 

 

 

Step 4 Click Submit to create the iSCSI storage location. Otherwise click Reset to remove your entries or Cancel to cancel the change.

Note Before the new iSCSI storage entry takes effect, you must reboot the NAM system.

Editing iSCSI Storage Locations

The following procedure describes how to edit an existing iSCSI storage location.

Note If you have set up capture sessions that use the iSCSI file system entry you want to edit (or modify), you must delete those capture sessions before editing the iSCSI file system entry. You can find active capture sessions by clicking Capture > File, and then checking the State of each file to see if the capture is using the filesystem to be edited. If yes, click Clear.

Step 1 Choose Administration > System > Capture Data Storage.

The Capture Data Storage window displays and lists any capture data storage locations already configured.

Step 2 Click to select the iSCSI storage location you want to modify and click Edit.

The selected iSCSI storage location parameters window displays

Step 3 Modify the parameters as desired.

Table 5-6describes the iSCSI storage location parameters.

 

 

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