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exeRcISe 1.8 (continued)
5.
Enter the IP address of the target portal and click OK.
6.
The IP address of the target portal appears in the Target Portals box.
7.
Click OK.
To use the storage that has now been presented to the server, you must create a volume on
it and format the space. Refer to Exercise 1.3 to review this process.
Internet Storage Name Service
Internet Storage Name Service (iSNS) allows for central registration of an iSCSI environ-
ment because it automatically discovers available targets on the network. The purpose of
iSNS is to help find available targets on a large iSCSI network.
The Microsoft iSCSI initiator includes an iSNS client that is used to register with the
iSNS. The iSNS feature maintains a database of clients that it has registered either through
 
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