Using an iSCSI target

Once you have an iSCSI target defined, as you did in the Creating an iSCSI target recipe, you can use it. Essentially, to use the disk, you connect to the iSCSI target server (that is, SRV1). Once you're connected, the Get-Disk cmdlet returns the iSCSI disk as though it were a local disk. You can then format and use the iSCSI disk as though it were local.

Getting ready

This recipe uses the iSCSI target you created in the Creating an iSCSI target recipe. You use SRV1 as the iSCSI target and access the target from the iSCSI initiator (FS1).

How to do it...

1. On FS1, set the iSCSI service to start automatically, then start the service:

   Set-Service MSiSCSI -StartupType 'Automatic'
   Start-Service MSiSCSI

2. Set up the portal to SRV1:

   $PHT = @{
     TargetPortalAddress     = 'SRV1.Reskit.Org'
     TargetPortalPortNumber  = 3260
   }
   New-IscsiTargetPortal @PHT

3. Find and view the SalesTarget on the portal:

   $Target  = Get-IscsiTarget | 
                Where-Object NodeAddress...