Deploy to a fleet

BeamDisk has no kernel extension, so deploying it doesn’t touch your Macs’ security policy: no Reduced Security, no Recovery-mode visit, nothing for the kernel-extension policy.

Roll it out

1. Buy in volume. Buy BeamDisk for Business through Apple Business Manager, and assign it to Macs with your MDM, like any App Store app.
2. Turn it on. On each Mac, BeamDisk asks once to be turned on in System Settings, and once for permission to attach disks; macOS also asks once whether it may use the local network. See Install BeamDisk.
3. Allow each Mac on its targets. Every Mac has its own initiator name, shown under This Mac in BeamDisk’s window and in Settings → General. Allow it on the targets that Mac should use.
4. Add the disks with Add Disk. CHAP secrets are stored in that Mac’s Keychain.

Initiator names

BeamDisk makes a unique initiator name for each Mac the first time it runs, in the form iqn.2026-10.com.3rdbitlabs: followed by 12 hexadecimal digits. To use your own naming scheme, click Change… next to it in Settings → General. Change it only if your servers expect a particular name.

• The Mac’s disks must be disconnected first (Disconnect All): the new name is used from the next connect.
• The name must be a valid iSCSI name, such as iqn.2026-10.com.example:name, in lowercase letters, digits and . - : _.
• Allow the new name on every target the Mac uses before you connect again.

Licensing

Business use needs a license after the trial, one per Mac: BeamDisk for Business, bought in volume, or Pro, bought in the app. Both unlock the same features. See Pricing.

Not in version 1

• Managed configuration through MDM profiles (targets, CHAP, settings).
• Multipath (MPIO).
• Encryption of iSCSI traffic: keep storage on a trusted network or VLAN.
• Disks that connect before a user logs in: BeamDisk connects disks for the logged-in user.