How to Install & Configure Openfiler O/S as ISCSI Storage box

Requirements :

1) Virtual Machine or Physical machine

2) 1 Harddisk for Openfiler operating system
3) Additional 1 or 2 harddisks for ISCSI storage
4) Openfiler 2.3 Software

Creating Virtual Machine for openfiler

1) Right click on ESX Server/ Workstation and Select New VM
2) Select Typical

3) Provide Name for the VM

4) Select Datastore for VM

5) Select operating System as Linux and Version as Redhat enterprise Linux 5

6) Select the size of Harddisk for openfiler

7) Review summary and click on Finish

 8) Edit VM Settings
9) Select CD/DVD Drive and select the appropriate option and click on OK

Installation of Openfiler Operating system

1) Power on VM and boot from CD or Openfiler ISO Image
2) Open filer installation screen appears and press Enter Key

3) It prompts a dialog box to verify CD, choose appropriate option

4) Click on Next Button

5) Select Autopartion for harddisk
6) It prompts dialog box Select Yes

7) Select appropriate option and click on Next

8) Verify partitions and click on Next

9) Edit the Network device configuration and assign IP Address

10) Enter the openfiler hostname
11) Enter Default gateway and DNS settings
12) Select the appropriate time zone

13) Provide Password for root useraccount

14) Click on Next

15) After installation of OS click on reboot

Adding Harddisks to VM for ISCSI Storage purpose
1) Select Openfiler VM
2) Click on Edit Settings
3) Add 1 or 2 harddisks with the required capacity

Configuring Openfiler Application

1) Make sure openfiler is on
2) Open Internet Explorer on any of the client or on your PC
3) Type https://<IPAddress of openfiler server >: 446
 4) Enter username : openfiler and password : password

Identifying & Configuring Block devices (Additional Harddisks)

5) Click on Volumes and click on Block devices ( Right Side)

 6) It displays List of harddisks
7) Click on the non configured disk (/dev/sdb)
8) Scroll down and Select partition type as Physical volume and click on Create

9) Create Physical volume for All harddisks also.

Configuring Volume groups & Volumes

10) Click on volumes - Volume groups
11) Enter Volume group Name & Select Harddisks
12) Click on Add Volume group
13) Click on Volumes – Add Volume
 14) Scroll down
15) Enter Volume Name and required space
16) Select Filesystem/Volume type as iSCSI
17) Click on Create

18) ISCSI volume is created

Configuring Network Settings

19) Click on System Tab

20) Scroll down to Network Access Configuration
21) Enter the Name
22) Specify the Network ID or ESX Host Service console and ESX Vmkernal IP addresses
23) Click on Update
Configure ISCSI Target Device

1) Click on Services
2) Enable ISCSI Target Server

3) Click on volumes and click on ISCSI Targets

4) Add ISCSI target

5) Click on LUN Mapping & Select blockio , Click on Map

6) Click on Network ACL & Select Network and Select Allow and update