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Creating a Network Attached Storage VMware

using Free NAS

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This Tutorial will give you a run down on how to create a VMware using the free NAS FreeBSD Distro Free

NAS http://freenas.org

Create a new VMware Virtual Ser ver

Using the create new Server wizard create a new vmware server of type Other Linux 2.4 kernel

Assign a HDD of at least 8GB

Assign at least 256MB RAM

Download the freenas distro from the freenas site http://www.freenas.org/

Assign Networking of type bridged or host only as the NAS server should have a fixed IP address

Start up the Newly created VMware Server and allow Free Nas to boot up until it reaches the Console

Setup Screen (See Above Screen Shot)

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Install Free NAS on the Virtual machine

From the Console Setup Window choose option 9 Install/Upgrade to Hard Drive

Choose Option 2 Install embedded OS on HDD + Data Partition.

Click OK

Click OK

Select the CD-ROM Drive Found as the Installer source

Select the Target VMWare virtual disk as the Installer Target

Allow the Installer to continue

After it has formatted the disk Select Enter to return to the Install & Upgrade Screen

Choose Exit Option to return to the Setup Console





Assign a LAN IP Address for the Install

From the Console Setup Screen Choose Option 2 to Set the LAN IP address

Assign an IPv4 Static Address DO NOT USE DHCP

Once the IP has been assigned shutdown the System from the Console Setup menu and remove the ISO

image of Free NAS from the virtual machine and then Start up the VM again to ensure it boots from the

newly installed O/S and not the CD-ROM.

Access the Free NAS Admin Web GUI

Once the Virtual Machine has restarted you should now be able to reach the Free NAS Web Admin GUI

using the IP address set in the previous Step

Login with user admin and password freenas

Add The Data Portion of the Data Disk





from The Web GUI Go to the Disk Menu and Choose Management

From The Disk Drop Down Choose the Vmware HDD and Click Add

Click Apply Changes

Add the Data Portion of the HDD as a new Mount-point

From the Web GUI Choose the Mount-point Menu Disks/Mount-point

click the Red Cross to add a Mount Point

Choose the Disk from the Drop Down created in the previous Step

Choose Partition of type 2 from the PArtition Drop DownInput a Share Name e.g DATA

Dont Change any Other Options

Click Add

Then Click Apply Changes

Manually Adding Extents





For Each ISCSI Disk we wish to create for our NAS we must create an ISCSI Extent and Target

The Extents are based on a file in the Mount-point created in the previous step and must be created from

the shell

Go back to the VMware and choose option 6 (Shell) from the Console Setup menu and this will return a

standard linux Shell Prompt

Change Directory to the mount-point created earlier e.g cd /mnt/DATA

For each iSCSI Disk we require we must create an extent file

In this example I will create just one

At the shell prompt in the mount-point directory type touch QD

The name is not important.

We can now add the ISCSI Targets via the WEB GUI so can now go back to the Web GUI

Adding iSCSI Targets

From the WEB GUI go to the Services / iSCSI Target Page

Adding the Extent to the iSCSI Target





On the iSCSI target page in the Web GUI Click the + to add a new extent

On the Add Extent Page Choose Type File and in the Path window set the path to the extent file created

from the shell (Use the Radio Button at the right of the window to choose the path to the file.

Set a Size for the Extent in MB and add a comment if you wish

Click Add and the browser should return to the previous page showing the newly added extent.

Creating an iSCSi Target using the newly created exten

From the iSCSI Target Page Click the + at the right of the Target section to add a new iSCSi target.

Choose the extent created in the previous step

Choose the Authorized Network that will have access to this iSCSI Target e.g. 192.168.254.0 / 24.

Click Add to return to the next page.

Completing the iSCSi Target Creation





From the iSCSI Target Page

Select the Enable Checkbox

Then click the Apply Changes button

Then Click the Save and Restart Button to apply the Changes to the Free NAS Server.

We are now finished with the Free NAS setup.

We should now able to attach a Windows Server to this iSCSI Target using the Windows iSCSI Initiator.

Download and Install the iSCSI Initiator

Download the Microsoft iSCSi Initiator from the Microsoft





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Once the download has finished run the installer

The Installer will place a short cut to the iSCSi configuration tool on your Desktop

Then Launch the Configuration tool in order to add an iSCSi target from our Free NAS server

In the Discovery Tab add the Free NAS server as a Target Portal

Go To the Targets Tab to see the iSCSi disks

In the iSCSI Initiator Tool go to the Targets Tab and you should see the iSCSI Targets provided by your

Free NAs server

Select the relevant one and click the Logon button and then check the Automatically Restore this

connection checkbox

Click OK

Click OK

The newly attached Disk should now be available in the Disk Management Admin Tool in Windows

Attach a Drive Letter and format the iSCSI disk

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Open Administrative Tools Computer Management and go to Disk Management

A wizard should now run once it detects the new Disk Assign a Drive Letter and format the Drive (NTFS)

You now have an iSCSI attached NAS disk that can be used for example to create a Windows Cluster

Have Fun !!!

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