This topic describes how to manage an iSCSI volume in the local gateway console. You can create, enable, disable, delete, repair, and extend an iSCSI volume. You can also configure CHAP authorization in the local gateway console.
Prerequisites
- You have deployed the local block gateway console. For more information, see Deploy the local block gateway console.
- You have bound the cloud resources. For more information, seeBind a cloud resource.
- You have added a cache disk to the block gateway. For more information, see Add a cache disk.
If you need to create an iSCSI volume that has the Cache mode enabled, you must add a cache disk to the block gateway first.
Create an iSCSI volume
Configure CHAP authorization
Other supported operations
On the ISCSI volumes tab, you can also perform the following operations.
Operation | Description |
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Delete an iSCSI volume | Find the target iSCSI volume and click Delete in the Actions column.
When you delete an iSCSI volume, you can choose whether to delete the data stored in the associated OSS bucket at the same time. Note
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Extend the iSCSI volume | If the iSCSI volume space is insufficient, you can choose The extended capacity must be larger than the original capacity. Note To extend the iSCSI volume, you need to stop all I/O operations. After you extend
the volume, you need to scan and discover the new extended space on the host.
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to extend the volume.
Disable an iSCSI volume | Find the target iSCSI volume, and choose A disabled iSCSI volume cannot be used. |
to temporarily disable the iSCSI volume.
Enable an iSCSI volume | Find the target iSCSI volume, and choose | to enable the SCSI volume.
Fix the iSCSI volume | If the iSCSI volume fails, choose | to repair the volume.