Connecting to iSCSI Targets by Xtend SAN iSCSI Initiator on Mac OS

This section shows you how to use Xtend SAN iSCSI Initiator on Mac OS to add the iSCSI target (QNAP NAS) as an extra partition. Before you start to use the iSCSI target service, make sure you have created an iSCSI target with a LUN on the NAS and installed the correct iSCSI initiator for your OS.

About Xtend SAN iSCSI initiator:

ATTO's Xtend SAN iSCSI Initiator for Mac OS X allows Mac users to utilize and benefit from iSCSI. It is compatible with Mac OS X 10.4.x to 10.6.x. For more information, visit:

http://www.attotech.com/products/product.php?sku=INIT-MAC0-001

Using Xtend SAN iSCSI initiator:

Follow the steps below:

1.	After installing the Xtend SAN iSCSI initiator, you can find it in "Applications".

2.	Click the "Discover Targets" tab and choose "Discover by DNS/IP" or "Discover by iSNS" according to the network topology. In this example, we will use the IP address to discover the iSCSI targets.

3.	Follow the instructions and enter the server address, iSCSI target port number (default: 3260), and CHAP information (if applicable). Click "Finish" to retrieve the target list.

4.	The available iSCSI targets on the NAS will be shown. Select the target you want to connect to and click "Add".

You can configure the connection properties of selected iSCSI target in the "Setup" tab. Click the "Status" tab, select the target to connect to. Then click "Login" to proceed. The first time you login to the iSCSI target, a message will remind you the disk is not initialized. Click "Initialize…" to format the disk. You can also open "Disk Utilities" to initialize the disk. You can now use the iSCSI target as an external drive on your Mac.

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