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Configuring iSCSI on Linux

The Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iSCSI) allows SCSI commands to be transmitted over a network. This allows block devices to be shared with remote machines as if they were local drives. In this lab, you will be tasked with configuring both the iSCSI target (server), and iSCSI initiator (client), in order to share block devices over a local network.

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Path Info

Level

Intermediate

Duration

45m

Published

Oct 02, 2020

Challenge

Configure the iSCSI target
1. Install the targetcli package.
2. In the targetcli interface, create the block01, and block02 backstores from /dev/xvdf, and /dev/xvdg respectively. 1. In the targetcli interface, create iSCSI target with the following unique IQN: iqn.2020-08.com.mylabserver.target:t1.
3. In the targetcli interface, change to the tpg1 directory, and create LUNs from the block01 and block02 backstores.
4. In the targetcli interface, create an acl for the iSCSI initiator called iqn.2020-08.com.mylabserver.initiator:init.
5. From the command line, start and enable the target service.
Challenge

Configure the iSCSI Initiator
1. Install the iscsi-initiator-utils package.
2. Add the initiator name to /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi.
3. Discover and connect to the iSCSI target.
4. Ensure that the iscsisd and iscsi services are running (if not start them).
Challenge

Create File Systems on the iSCSI Devices and Ensure They Are Persistently Mounted
1. Create file systems on /dev/sda, and /dev/sdb.
2. Create mount points for the file systems on /mnt/accounting, and /mnt/marketing.
3. Add entries to /etc/fstab for the file systems and then mount them.

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