DSCResources/DSC_iSCSIInitiator/en-US/about_iSCSIInitiator.help.txt

.NAME
    iSCSIInitiator
 
.DESCRIPTION
    This resource is used to add or remove an iSCSI Target Portal and connect it to
    an iSCSI Target.
 
.PARAMETER NodeAddress
    Key - String
    Represents the IQN of the discovered target.
 
.PARAMETER TargetPortalAddress
    Required - String
    Specifies the IP address or DNS name of the target portal.
 
.PARAMETER Ensure
    Write - String
    Allowed values: Present, Absent
    Ensures that Target is Absent or Present.
 
.PARAMETER InitiatorPortalAddress
    Write - String
    Specifies the IP address associated with the target portal.
 
.PARAMETER TargetPortalPortNumber
    Write - UInt16
    Specifies the TCP/IP port number for the target portal.
 
.PARAMETER InitiatorInstanceName
    Write - String
    The name of the initiator instance that the iSCSI initiator service uses to send SendTargets requests to the target portal.
 
.PARAMETER AuthenticationType
    Write - String
    Allowed values: None, OneWayCHAP, MutualCHAP
    Specifies the type of authentication to use when logging into the target.
 
.PARAMETER ChapUsername
    Write - String
    Specifies the user name to use when establishing a connection authenticated by using Mutual CHAP.
 
.PARAMETER ChapSecret
    Write - String
    Specifies the CHAP secret to use when establishing a connection authenticated by using CHAP.
 
.PARAMETER IsDataDigest
    Write - Boolean
    Enables data digest when the initiator logs into the target portal.
 
.PARAMETER IsHeaderDigest
    Write - Boolean
    Enables header digest when the initiator logs into the target portal. By not specifying this parameter, the digest setting is determined by the initiator kernel mode driver.
 
.PARAMETER IsMultipathEnabled
    Write - Boolean
    Indicates that the initiator has enabled Multipath I/O (MPIO) and it will be used when logging into the target portal.
 
.PARAMETER IsPersistent
    Write - Boolean
    Specifies that the session is to be automatically connected after each restart.
 
.PARAMETER ReportToPnP
    Write - Boolean
    Specifies that the operation is reported to PNP.
 
.PARAMETER iSNSServer
    Write - String
    Specifies the name of an iSNS Server to register this Initiator with.
 
.PARAMETER IsConnected
    Read - Boolean
    Is the target connected to the server.
 
.PARAMETER ConnectionIdentifier
    Read - String
    This is the current connection identifier for this target connection.
 
.PARAMETER SessionIdentifier
    Read - String
    This is the current session identifier for this target session.
 
.PARAMETER IsDiscovered
    Read - Boolean
    Is the target discovered in this session.
 
.PARAMETER InitiatorNodeAddress
    Read - String
    The Initiator Node address assigned to this session.
 
.PARAMETER TargetNodeAddress
    Read - String
    The Target Node address assigned to this session.
 
.EXAMPLE 1
 
This example starts the MSiSCSI service on a cluster node and then configures an iSCSI Target
Portal and then connects to the iSCSI Target.
 
Configuration iSCSIInitiator_ConfigureTargetPortal_Config
{
    Import-DscResource -Module iSCSIDSc
 
    Node localhost
    {
        Service iSCSIService
        {
            Name = 'MSiSCSI'
            StartupType = 'Automatic'
            State = 'Running'
        }
 
        iSCSIInitiator iSCSIInitiator
        {
            Ensure = 'Present'
            NodeAddress = 'iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:fileserver01-cluster-target'
            TargetPortalAddress = '192.168.128.10'
            InitiatorPortalAddress = '192.168.128.20'
            IsPersistent = $true
            iSNSServer = 'isns.contoso.com'
            DependsOn = "[Service]iSCSIService"
        } # End of iSCSIInitiator Resource
    } # End of Node
} # End of Configuration