Manage iSCSI

To create iSCSI Containers, Initiators and LUNs you need to set up a File Service first. See Create a File Service.

Add iSCSI Container

1. Select the desired File Service instance and click on Actions
2. Click on Add iSCSI Container
3. Fill in the form and click on Add iSCSI Container

Add iSCSI Initiator Group

1. Select the desired File Service instance and click on Actions
2. Click on Add iSCSI Container
3. Fill in the form and click on Add iSCSI Initiator Group

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Please Note

Operating System stands for the operating system this initiator group should be optimized for. Other operating system can use that initiator group, but are not optimized for it.

Windows 2008 stands for the minimum required Windows version. All Windows version later than 2008 are supported.

Add iSCSI LUN

1. Make sure you have an initiator group created beforehand.
2. Select the desired iSCSI Container instance and click on Actions
3. Click on Add iSCSI LUN
4. Fill in the form and click on Add iSCSI LUN

Add iSCSI Initiator

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Initiator Credentials

The initiator credentials are only displayed within the first 24 hours after creation of the initiator.

After 24 hours, the credentials will no longer be stored on our servers and will not be shown.

Please make sure to safely note down the credentials within that timeframe after the initiator has been created successfully.

1. Select the desired iSCSI Initiator Group instance and click on Actions

2. Click on Add iSCSI Initiator
   The initiator identifies a client and is used to map permissions to access a LUN.

   • Format: IQN or EUI
   • Examples: iqn.1990-02.ch.swisscom:test or eui.0123456789ABCDEF

3. Fill in the form and click on Add iSCSI Initiator

Get Credentials

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Please Note

The credentials are displayed and stored only within the first 24 hours after creation of the initiator.

1. Select the desired iSCSI Initiator instance and click on Actions
2. Click on Get Credentials
3. Click on Close

Be aware that the Submit button is disabled for this action.

Delete iSCSI Container

To delete the iSCSI Container, click on the desired item in the Swisscom Portal.

1. Select the desired Item and click on Actions
2. Click on Delete ... to delete the desired item

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Indelible Backup

The backup policy needs to be set to none to delete a container. Notice that it is an indelible backup solution. That means that the backup is not deletable until the defined backup retantion time has expired. After that period, the container can be deleted.