iStorage Server supports iSCSI SAN for Novell NetWare

iStorage Server supports iSCSI SAN for Novell NetWare operating system

iSCSI,  an Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities. By carrying SCSI commands over IP networks, iSCSI is used to facilitate data transfers over intranets and to manage storage over long distances. iSCSI can be used to transmit data over local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), or the Internet and can enable location-independent data storage and retrieval.  It is a popular Storage Area Network (SAN) protocol, allowing organizations to consolidate storage into data center storage arrays while providing hosts (such as database and web servers) with the illusion of locally-attached disks. Unlike traditional Fibre Channel, which requires special-purpose cabling, iSCSI can be run over long distances using existing network infrastructure.

Main benefits of using iSCSI SAN are:

• iSCSI can be run over long distances using existing network infrastructure.
• Simplified and consolidated storage management
• Easier virtualization
• Low-cost hardware requirements
• Scalability and flexibility
• Reduced SAN management training requirements
• Ability to create a SAN from existing direct-attached storage servers
  

NetWare is a network operating system developed by Novell, Inc. It initially used cooperative multitasking to run various services on a personal computer, with network protocols based on the archetypal Xerox Network Systems stack.

NetWare iSCSI includes several important features to help you create and manage a low-cost NetWare SAN:

• Support for standard TCP/IP networks using commodity Ethernet hardware.
• Single point of administration through the browser-based NetWare Remote Manager. This lets you remotely manage your iSCSI SAN.
• Support for the iSCSI draft specification (Ratified Standard Draft 20).
• Support for Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) authentication for initiator identity verification.
• Interoperability with industry standard iSCSI storage servers or targets, including Cisco, Network Appliance, Adaptec and others.
• Easy installation and configuration, especially compared to the complexity involved in installing and configuring a fibre channel SAN.
  

Combing iStorage Server with Novell NetWare will expand the application scope of your Novell NetWare server and workstation, thereby enabling WINDOWS server to expand the storage of your Novell NetWare computer. It also allows you to directly use the storage devices of the existing Windows server for Novell NetWare Server. With IP SAN solution provided by iStorage Server, you may install application and server software, as well as store data required wish you like.

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Connecting to the iSCSI target created in iStorage Server is really simple under Novel Remote Manager. Just follow those steps:

1. Open Novell Remote Manager and click on the iSCSI Services.

Click on the Add Target button.

2. Type Network Address, of target the iSCSI.

3. Chose which target you want to add.

4. Confirm selection of your target.

5. Your target is successfully added.

6. From collapse tree menu, click Manage Server and choose Partition Disks. You will see an iSCSI you just added. To create a new partition click Create.

7. Chose partition type. Then click on Create a New Pool or Create a New Pool and Volume.

8. Specify the Pool Size and Pool Name. Click CREATE.

When a window will appear click on OK button to finalize creation of new NSS Pool.

Now, your target device is fully configured and ready to use.

You can browse easily through the drive now using systems File Browser.

You can download Trial version of iStorage Server here.