------------------------------------------
-The iSCSI Initiator for Microsoft Windows
------------------------------------------
+-------------------------------------
+iSCSI Initiator for Microsoft Windows
+-------------------------------------
**Prerequisite:**
-- Microsoft Windows 2016
+- Microsoft Windows Server 2016
**iSCSI Initiator, Discovery and Setup:**
#. Install the iSCSI initiator driver and MPIO tools.
-#. Launch the MPIO program, click on the “Discover Multi-Paths” tab select “Add
- support for iSCSI devices”.
+#. Launch the MPIO program, click on the "Discover Multi-Paths" tab, check the
+ "Add support for iSCSI devices” box, and click "Add". This will require a
+ reboot.
#. On the iSCSI Initiator Properties window, on the "Discovery" tab, add a target
portal. Enter the IP address or DNS name and Port of the Ceph iSCSI gateway.
Configuring the MPIO load balancing policy, setting the timeout and
retry options are using PowerShell with the ``mpclaim`` command. The
-reset is done in the MPIO tool.
+rest is done in the iSCSI Initiator tool.
.. note::
It is recommended to increase the ``PDORemovePeriod`` option to 120
mpclaim -s -m
MSDSM-wide Load Balance Policy: Fail Over Only
-#. Using the MPIO tool, from the “Targets” tab, click on the
- “Devices...” button.
+#. Using the iSCSI Initiator tool, from the “Targets” tab, click on
+ the “Devices...” button.
#. From the Devices window, select a disk and click the
“MPIO...” button.