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Accessing Volumes Accessing an iSCSI Volume in Windows
13. Click OK.
14. Right-click the drive and select New Simple Volume from the drop-down list. The New Simple
Volume Wizard opens.
15. Allocate space on the new drive, then click Next.
16. Select a drive letter for the drive, then click Next. You access the iSCSI volume using this drive
letter.
17. Enter a volume name, then click Next.
18. Select the file system, then select Quick Format, then click Next.
19. Click Finish. The new drive is configured as a Windows drive.
20. The status of the hard drive should be Healthy.
You can now access the iSCSI volume using the assigned Windows drive letter. In particular, you can
add data to the iSCSI volume using the Windows drive letter with Windows Explorer or with the
Windows command line interface.
Disconnecting from the iSCSI volume
Note: It is necessary to disconnect from iSCSI volumes before deleting the iSCSI volume.
To disconnect from the iSCSI volume, follow these steps:
1. Select Start → Administrative Tools → Computer Management. The Computer
Management window opens.
2. Select Storage.
3. Select Disk Management. The Initialize Disk dialog box opens. The hard drive appears in the
Select disks pane.
4. Right-click the drive and select Delete Volume from the drop-down menu.
5. Click OK. The Computer Management window closes.
6. Select Start → Administrative Tools → iSCSI Initiator. The iSCSI Initiator opens.
7. Select the Targets tab.
8. In the Target list, select the target.
9. Click Disconnect. The status of the target should become Inactive. However, the target is
remembered, in case you want to reconnect to the iSCSI volume again.
To permanently remove the connection to the iSCSI volume, select the Discovery tab, then select
the target IP address and click Remove. This removes the target.
10. Click OK. The iSCSI Initiator closes.
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