• Mac OS X,  Mac OS X Server,  Xsan

    How to Use Xsan with iSCSI

    Using iSCSI targets with Xsan… Don’t do this one at home kids.  It’s just silly and not going to be supported by anyone…  But if you are like me then you can do it if you must.  So to get started with iSCSI check out this article. When you have a LUN that is connected don’t yet assign it a file system (or if you have partition it back to free space). Now install Xsan but don’t yet create a volume. Once you’re done, you can go ahead and fire up your trusty Terminal app from /Applications/Utilities. Type in cvlabel -l which should show you all your available LUNs. Next,…