5Under Target Portals, select the IP address of the iSCSI port on the storage array and click Remove.

The iSCSI port you configured on the storage array during target discovery disappears.

6Under Target Portals, click Add and re-enter the IP address or DNS name of the iSCSI port on the storage array (removed above).

7Click Advanced and set the following values on the General tab:

Local Adapter—Should always be set to Microsoft iSCSI Initiator.

Source IP—The source IP address of the host you want to connect with.

Data Digest and Header Digest—Optionally, you can specify that a digest of data or header information be compiled during transmission to assist in troubleshooting.

CHAP logon information—Enter the target CHAP authentication user name and secret you entered (for the host server) on the storage array.

Perform mutual authentication—If mutual CHAP authentication is configured, select this option.

NOTE: IPSec is not supported.

8Click OK.

If you require a discovery session failover, repeat step 5 and step 6 (in this step) for all iSCSI ports on the storage array. Otherwise, single-host port configuration is sufficient.

NOTE: If the connection fails, ensure that all IP addresses are entered correctly. Mistyped IP addresses result in connection problems.

If you are using Windows Server 2008 Core version:

1Set the iSCSI initiator services to start automatically (if not already set): sc \\<server_name> config msiscsi start= auto

2Start the iSCSI service (if necessary): sc start msiscsi

3If you are not using mutual CHAP authentication, go to step 5.

4Enter the mutual CHAP secret you entered for the storage array: iscsicli CHAPSecret <secret>

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