Storage Adapters
Storage adapters dictate how the host communicates with underlying storage hardware or network storage targets.
Local and Hardware Adapters
Navigate to Storage > Adapters to view all detected Host Bus Adapters (HBAs). This includes local AHCI/SATA controllers and any PCIe RAID or Fibre Channel cards installed.
- Clicking on an adapter will list the specific block devices associated with it.
- Rescan: If you hot-plug a new drive or reconfigure a hardware RAID array, use the Rescan action to force the OS to detect the new geometry without rebooting.
iSCSI Software Adapter
Vapor includes full support for mapping iSCSI targets.
- Go to Storage > Adapters and select the iSCSI Software Adapter.
- Port Bindings: Bind specific host network interfaces to iSCSI traffic to ensure multipathing and network isolation.
- Discover Targets: Enter the IP address or hostname of your iSCSI SAN. Vapor will execute an iSCSI SendTargets discovery and list available IQNs.
- Sessions: Log in to a specific target IQN. You can configure CHAP authentication if required by your SAN.
- LUNs: Once logged in, the remote LUNs will appear as block devices on the host (e.g.,
/dev/sdb), which can then be formatted or used as raw block devices for VMs.