How to install openfiler on vmware for shared storage

Openfiler is an operating system that provides block based storage area network and file based NAS using ISCSI protocol. Using this software ,we can setup shared storage for our cluster testing setup.I have installed the openfiler on vmware workstation and here is the step by step screenshot of installation

You can download latest openfiler from the below link.
http://www.openfiler.com/community/download/

Create new virtual machine like the one we have in the below snap.
Virtual system configuration:
1.Virtual CPU=1
2.Physical memory=400MB~
3.Harddisk=4GB
4.Network Adapter=1
5.CD/DVD Drive=1
No need to have sound card and floppy drive here.Just edit the virtual machine settings and remove it.

  
Power on the machine to begin the installation.In the first screen,you will get many options for OS recovery and upgrade.Since we are doing fresh installation,You just press enter to continue. 

Select Next to continue

Set the static IP address and Host name and this is the address which are going to use for openfiler-web based administration.Please make sure you providing the IP in same sub-net

Enter the hostname

Select the timezone

Openfiler installation finished 

Booting the Openfiler

Now you can login as root and reset password for openfiler account to access web portal

From web browser you can access web-based administration console.

Once the installation is done,then your next step will be provisioning volumes to iscsi targets.

Thank you reading this article.Please leave a comment if you have any doubt.I will get back to you.