NVMe Kernel-by-Pass iSCSI / iSER Target

General disk attached device target is mapping a physical disk as back-end storage to an iSCSI /iSER target. This feature supports traditional SATA/SAS HDD or SSDs, also supports kernel by pass mode NVMe.

Follow these steps below to create a NVMe Kernel-by-Pass iSCSI/iSER target:

Step 1. Select iSCSI Targets in the left panel of the NVMStack Management Platform  and click Add button on the top toolbar of the management system, from the drop-down menu, select “”. Then the Create iSCSI / iSER Target wizard popup up.

Choose NVMe Direct Access in the iSCSI / iSER Device Type group.

Press the Next button to continue.

Step 2. Select a NVMe disk form the list.

Choose a NVMe device (like: pci://0000:08:00.0) from the list.

Press the Next button to continue.

Step 3.Finish Creating iSCSI / iSER Target

Target Name will be created automatically, user can modify to specify a new Target Name.
Select a server pool to schedule the iSCSI / iSER target.
Switch CHAP to enable or not.
Switch IP Authorization to enable or not.
Switch Concurrent Access to enable or not.
Choose iSCSI or iSER as the target’s interface, we recommend you use iSER for NVMe device, as iSCSI using TCP will cause a big latency.

Press the Finish button to complete the iSCSI / iSER target device creation.