06 Connecting a Cloud Server to the Unified Storage service using the iSCSI protocol

Requirements

Connecting the Cloud Server with Windows

• Access the Cloud Server (VMware Cloud Server or Cloud VPS Hyper-V) via RDP;
• go to Start and open Windows Administrative Tools;
• in the Administrative Tools window, select iSCSI Initiator;
• select the Discovery tab;
• in the Target portals area, select Discover Portal...;
  
  
• in the Discover Target Portal window, enter the mount point in the IP address or DNS name: field and confirm with OK;
  
  
• the mount point is displayed in the Target Portals list;
  
  
• select the Targets tab. The target is displayed with the Inactive status;
  
  
• select Connect;
• in the Connect To Target window, select both options and confirm with OK;
  
  
• the target status changes to Connected. Confirm with OK;
  
  
• select Computer Management on the Cloud Server desktop;
• select Storage and then Disk Management;
• the Unified Storage service space is displayed as a physical disk of the Cloud Server;
• format the disk and, if necessary, partition it to make it usable;
  
  
• once formatting is complete, the Unified Storage service space is available and can be used as a physical disk of the Cloud Server.