- Access QTS web interface.
- Open Storage Manager.
- Select the iSCSI Storage tab.
- Click the Create button.
- Select I want to create iSCSI Target with mapped LUN.
- Enter a name for the iSCSI Target.
- Select File Based and Instant Allocation.
- Change LUN name to match the iSCSI Target name.
- Select required volume.
- Set capacity required.
- Repeat the above as required to create more LUNs.
Note: QNAP recommend one-to-one mapping of iSCSI Targets to LUNs and then combining several LUNs to create a vSphere datastore.
- Access the vSphere client.
- Select an ESXi host.
- Select the Configuration tab.
- Select Storage Adapters.
- Select Rescan.
- Select the newly discovered devices in turn and change the Path Selection to Fixed(VMware).
- Select the Storage option.
- Click Add Storage.
- Select one of the newly discovered LUNs and create the datastore as normal.
- When the new datastore is available select Properties and then click the Increase button.
- Add the other newly discovered LUNs in turn to extend the datastore to the required size.