Connect to an iSCSI Target
If the Storage volume has CHAP authentication, you must have the correct user name and password or secret.
HPE Storage Connection Manager GUI and the Connection Services calculate the optimal number of iSCSI connections based on the number of host initiator ports with access to the target's published network interfaces (iSCSI target portals).
By default, the HPE Storage Connection Manager GUI establishes no fewer than two connections and no more than eight for VST, or thirty-two for GST. If you need to change these default values, contact Support for assistance.
The Connection Services also monitors changes to the host and to the group hosting the target over time, and adjusts the optimal number of connections as needed. If a login attempt fails, the HPE Storage Connection Manager GUI will retry the login at the next work cycle. It still makes the optimal number of connections to the target. However, for a short time, those connections may not be balanced across the host network interfaces and the array's target portals.
When the connections are made, the volume displays a green check icon.
If this disk is uninitialized, it appears as Unknown. If the disk is initialized and formatted as NTFS, it appears as a basic volume, formatted as NTFS. Its Windows disk number is listed under Mapping Info.
When you initialize a disk in Windows Disk Management, it goes from Unknown disk to Basic, Online disk.
- The Connection Services performs a work cycle, then sleeps for two minutes,
then wakes up and performs another work cycle. A work cycle can take a
variable amount of time depending on the number of connections, the number
of connected targets, and the activity on the host.
If you need to change the Connection Services time interval, contact Support for assistance.
- You can manually add a connection beyond what HPE Storage Connection Manager creates. However, if the number of connections exceeds the optimal number, at the next Connection Services work cycle, the Connection Services automatically deletes the connection that you added.
- The HPE Storage Connection Manager GUI does not display target snapshots, even if they are online at the array. This is by design, to avoid accidentally selecting and disconnecting snapshots in progress.