.. _Accessing iSCSI Targets from Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2:

Accessing iSCSI Targets from Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
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#. In the **Server Manager Dashboard**, click the **Tools** menu in the toolbar and select **iSCSI Initiator**.

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

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

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

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

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#. In the **Connect to Target** window, click **OK**.

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#. Target's **Inactive** status will change to **Connected**.

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

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#. Right-click the disk information section and select **Online**.

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   The disk status will change to **Online**.

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

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#. In the **Initialize Disk** window, click **OK**.

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

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#. The disk state will change to **Healthy**.

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The new disk will appear in Windows Explorer.

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