Microsoft iscsci initiator

Initiator Service iscsiexe. SoftwareInitiator msiscsi. If this option is selected then the Initiator Service option is also selectedautomatically. The property pagesoffer a great deal of common information and common configuration options. This is the class to queryif you are interested in the current list of sessions and connections. This is the list of devices that the initiatorservice will wait for before completing its service startup sequence. See appendi. X U ser s Guide.

Alternatively, you can start the service from Administrative tools. Right-click on it and click on Start. See the following image. A dialog box to configure it opens.

As you can see in the following image, the initiator has been connected to the iSCSI virtual disk. Now to use the iSCSI virtual disk , we must initialize it. As you can see in the above image, an unallocated partition has been created. To use it first, we must bring it online. Once the disk is online, we must initialize it so that the logical disk manager can access it. Once the disk is online, let us create a volume. The New Simple Volume Wizard starts. The first screen shows details about the wizard.

Click on Next. On the Assign Drive Letter or Path screen, you can specify the drive letter. On the Format partition screen, you can specify the File system type , allocation unit size , and volume name.