Thecus N5500 User's Manual

iSCSI Thin-ProvisioningAn advanced thin-provisioning for iSCSI feature is available in this firmware release.With this function, the iSCSI capacity can be more flexible and more efficiently servemore users.The idea for iSCSI thin-provisioning is sharing the available physical capacity to anumber of iSCSI target volumes and also setup virtual capacity to expand thephysical size while it needed.To setup iSCSI thin-provisioning, go to Space Allocation under the Storagecategory. The iSCSI thin-provisioning volume needs to be created first. Simply clickiSCSI Thin-Provision Target. You can refer the screen shot below.Next, setup the physical capacity for iSCSI thin-provision volume by dragging theAllocation bar to the desired size.After the size has been determined, click OK to confirm. Now you will see the iSCSIthin-provisioning volume is available from the list. Please refer to the screenshotbelow.122