The Everpure FlashArray supports the Internet Small Computer Systems Interface an Internet Protocol (IP) based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities. Using iSCSI provides access to the Everpure FlashArray by issuing SCSI commands over the TCP/IP network.
The screenshot below illustrates two disconnected Ethernet Ports in a Everpure FlashArray. These ports will be configured on the FlashArray and Windows Server for connectivity.
The following steps will configure the MSiSCSI Initiator Service to connect to the Everpure FlashArray iSCSI ports using Windows PowerShell.
The Windows PowerShell script examples provided below are based on the following lab configuration. Adjustments will need to be made to the scripts to match your environment.
Lab Configuration
- Windows Server has (3) Network Interface Cards (NICs)
- NIC1 - Host connectivity to the Network/Internet
- NIC2 - iSCSI
- NIC3 - iSCSI
- Pure FlashArray has (4) iSCSI target interfaces