Generic names like the below are not the best practice. Again, descriptive names make administration much easier. The next step in the guide is to set a few properties. To keep this a quick guide I am going to use the first option.
There are a few options here that you can explore. LUNs allow for uniquely identifiable targets within a given iSCSI target. The next step is to create a new iSCSI LUN. Enabling CHAP or similar authentication method is usually a good idea. Giving a descriptive name is important to ensure that one does not delete an in-use target later. This is a very important step as an environment can have many iSCSI targets. Here you can create a name for the target. Synology DS1812+ Setup iSCSI Target Screen The first step is to open the Synology Storage Manager application and then click on iSCSI target. Synology DiskStation makes setup of most things easy, and as we will see, creating an iSCSI target is one of them. Using the Synology DS1812+ NAS that the company provided for testing has shown the unit to be very easy to manage. Creating an iSCSI Target with a Synology NAS
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In this guide we are going to show how to take the Synology NAS and turn it into an iSCSI target. For those looking to setup advanced VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V or Citrix environments, iSCSI is a great feature. In the past few years, iSCSI has become increasingly popular. The way to remember this is that the server provides a target for clients to initiate requests. The storage server, exposing storage as an iSCSI drive to the client is setup as an iSCSI Target. With iSCSI we have two different components. Instead of having to read an entire file, it can transfer only the portion needed. Basically what that means is that the iSCSI client can address storage in a manner very similar to if the storage was a local drive plugged into the machine. For those wondering, iSCSI is a block-level protocol for accessing storage. Today we are going to go over iSCSI Target setup on a Synology NAS, specifically the Synology DS1812+.