Initiator Client Setup

1. In Client side, we need to install the package iSCSI-initiator-utils, search

for the package using following command.

# yum search iscsi

Sample Output

============================= N/S Matched: iscsi ================================

iscsi-initiator-utils.x86_64 : iSCSI daemon and utility programs
iscsi-initiator-utils-devel.x86_64 : Development files for iscsi-initiator-utils
2. Once you locate the package, just install the initiator package using yum
command as shown.

# yum install iscsi-initiator-utils.x86_64

3. After installing the package, we need to discover the share from Target server.
The client side commands little hard to remember, so we can use man page to get the
list of commands which required to run.

# man iscsiadm
man iscsiadm
man iscsiadm
4. Press SHIFT+G to Navigate to the Bottom of the man page and scroll little up to
get the login example commands. We need to replace our Target servers IP address in
below command Discover the Target.

# iscsiadm --mode discoverydb --type sendtargets --portal 192.168.0.200 --discover

5. Here we got the iSCSI (iqn) qualified name from above command execution.

192.168.0.200:3260,1 iqn.2014-07.com.tecmint:tgt1
Discover Target
Discover Target
6. To log-in use the below command to attach the LUN to our local System, this will
authenticate with target server and allow us to log-in into LUN.

# iscsiadm --mode node --targetname iqn.2014-07.com.tecmint:tgt1 --portal

192.168.0.200:3260 --login
Login To Target Server
Login To Target Server
Note: Use the login command and replace login with logout at end of command.

# iscsiadm --mode node --targetname iqn.2014-07.com.tecmint:tgt1 --portal

192.168.0.200:3260 --logout
Logout from Target Server
Logout from Target Server
7. After login to the LUN, list the records of Node using.

# iscsiadm --mode node

List Node
List Node
8. Display all data of a particular node.

# iscsiadm --mode node --targetname iqn.2014-07.com.tecmint:tgt1 --portal

192.168.0.200:3260
Sample Output

# BEGIN RECORD 6.2.0-873.10.el6

node.name = iqn.2014-07.com.tecmint:tgt1
node.tpgt = 1
node.startup = automatic
node.leading_login = No
iface.hwaddress = <empty>
iface.ipaddress = <empty>
iface.iscsi_ifacename = default
iface.net_ifacename = <empty>
iface.transport_name = tcp
iface.initiatorname = <empty>
iface.bootproto = <empty>
iface.subnet_mask = <empty>
iface.gateway = <empty>
iface.ipv6_autocfg = <empty>
iface.linklocal_autocfg = <empty>
....
9. Then list the drive using, fdisk will list every authenticated disks.

# fdisk -l /dev/sda
List Disks
List Disks
10. Run fdisk to create a new partition.

# fdisk -cu /dev/sda

Create New Partition
Create New Partition
Note: After Creating a Partition using fdisk, we dont need to reboot, as we used
to do in our local systems, Because this is a remote shared storage mounted
locally.

11. Format the newly created partition.

# mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda1
Format New Partition
Format New Partition
12. Create a Directory and mount the formatted partition.

# mkdir /mnt/iscsi_share
# mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/iscsi_share/
# ls -l /mnt/iscsi_share/
Mount New Partition
Mount New Partition
13. List the Mount Points.

# df -Th
-T Prints files system types.
-h Prints in human readable format eg : Megabyte or Gigabyte.
List New Partition
List New Partition
14. If we need to permanently mount the Drive use fstab entry.

# vim /etc/fstab
15.Append the following Entry in fstab.

/dev/sda1 /mnt/iscsi_share/ ext4 defaults,_netdev 0 0

Note: Use _netdev in fstab, as this is a network device.

Auto Mount Partition

Auto Mount Partition
16. Finally check whether our fstab entry have any error.

# mount -av
-a all mount point
-v Verbose
Verify fstab Entries
Verify fstab Entries
We have Completed Our client side configuration Successfully. Start to use the
drive as we use our local system disk.