If you are logged in to either the management server or the iSCSI server, you can quickly provision a new disk that will be exported as an iSCSI volume:

1. Open Server Manager and, under File and Storage Services, select iSCSI:

2. First, we need to configure our iSCSI device. Click on Tools and select a new iSCSI device.
3. Select the server on which the iSCSI device will be configured and the volume to store the content of the device:

4. In the iSCSI virtual disk, provide a name and description for the new iSCSI disk.

Now, you have the option to configure the size of the disk and its type. I have decided to create a 500 GB volume, as shown in the following screenshot:

Since we have not defined any iSCSI target, we need to define it now. The first step is to provide the name of the iSCSI target.

In Access Servers, you can define which iSCSI initiators will be able to connect to our storage. There are multiple options for how to identify the iSCSI initiator, but the most commonly used methods are using the IQN or the IP address.

Let's stick with a good old-fashioned IP addresses and provide the IP addresses of the VMkernel interfaces that will be used to connect to our iSCSI target (you can find the IP addresses in the IP address plan):

If you need to, you can also enable CHAP authentication for your iSCSI target. Then, confirm the creation of the new iSCSI device and the iSCSI target. You should be able to connect to the iSCSI server through iSCSI. You'll then be able to access the 500 GB volume.