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Update Readme to include ixsystems_portal_id and ixsystems_initiator_id #47

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Expand Up @@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ Configure the Cinder driver. Open **/etc/cinder/cinder.conf** in an editor to bo
ixsystems_vendor_name = <driver specific information. Standard value is 'iXsystems' >
ixsystems_storage_protocol = <driver specific information. Standard value is 'iscsi'>
image_volume_cache_enabled = <Enable or disable TrueNAS backend image volume cache. When set true, a service image volume is created for image as cache volume, all volume created from this image will be cloned from this service image volume snapshot. Set false disable this feature. Default false, recommend set as true>
ixsystems_portal_id = <Storage controller iSCSI portal ID, default is 1>
ixsystems_initiator_id = <Storage controller iSCSI Initiator ID, default is 1>
```

Here is an example configuration:
Expand All @@ -78,6 +80,10 @@ Here is an example configuration:
ixsystems_vendor_name = iXsystems
ixsystems_storage_protocol = iscsi
image_volume_cache_enabled = true
# When you first create portal id and initiator id, value is 1,
# when you create another portal and initiator, the ID will be different, and adjust the portal and initiator with the correct id, otherwise it will be error.
ixsystems_portal_id = 1
ixsystems_initiator_id = 1
```

Now restart the Cinder service to enable the changes. The simplest method is to reboot the Devstack system.
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