This section describes how to attach a Windows® host to the IBM® SAN Volume Controller using
iSCSI.
Ensure that you have followed the steps for configuring
your SAN Volume Controller cluster
for iSCSI host attachment.
If you are running Windows Server
2008, the Microsoft® iSCSI
software initiator is preinstalled. For Windows Server 2003, you need to download
the initiator software from the Microsoft Web
site:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads
When you run the installation program for the initiator,
you see a list of components to install: - Initiator Service.
- Software Initiator.
- Microsoft MPIO Multipathing Support for iSCSI.
The first two options are required. Be sure that you select
them. MPIO support is useful if you have a redundant IP network configuration
and you want to protect your host I/O against network hardware failures.
Note: MPIO
support is not required to support online cluster maintenance such
as software updates due to IP failover between nodes in the cluster
I/O groups.
After the installation completes, you are prompted to restart
the computer. Restart the computer before continuing with the rest
of the instructions. The iSCSI initiator can now be configured from
the iSCSI Initiator control panel.