Accessing Parallels Cloud Storage iSCSI Targets from Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

1. In the Server Manager Dashboard , click the Tools menu in the toolbar and select iSCSI Initiator .

   

2. In the iSCSI Initiator Properties , switch to the Discovery tab and click Discover Portal... .

   

3. In the Discover Target Portal window, enter the portal IP address and click OK .

   

   The newly added portal will appear in the Target portals section.

4. On the iSCSI Initiator Properties > Targets tab, select the new target in the Discovered targets section and click Connect .

   

5. In the Connect to Target window, click OK .

   

6. Target's Inactive status will change to Connected .

   

7. The newly attached disk will appear in Server Manager Dashboard > Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management .

   

8. Right-click the disk information section and select Online .

   

   The disk status will change to Online .

9. Right-click the disk information section and select Initialize Disk .

   

10. In the Initialize Disk window, click OK .

    

11. Right-click the disk space section, select New Simple Volume... , and follow the wizard's instruction to format the new disk to NTFS.

    

12. The disk state will change to Healthy .

    

13. The new disk will appear in Windows Explorer.