diff --git a/Containerfiles/NovaEFI-Containerfile b/Containerfiles/NovaEFI-Containerfile
index 583618b76..f99885b26 100644
--- a/Containerfiles/NovaEFI-Containerfile
+++ b/Containerfiles/NovaEFI-Containerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
 ARG VERSION=master-ubuntu_jammy
 FROM openstackhelm/nova:$VERSION
-RUN apt update && apt install -y ovmf; rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives /var/lib/apt/lists; apt clean
+# Packages for the following features:
+# - Nova: EFI
+# - Nova: iSCSI
+RUN apt update && apt install -y ovmf open-iscsi multipath-tools; rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives /var/lib/apt/lists; apt clean
+# Packages for the following features:
+# - Nova: osdetect
+RUN /var/lib/openstack/bin/pip install pgi
diff --git a/helm-configs/cinder/cinder-helm-overrides.yaml b/helm-configs/cinder/cinder-helm-overrides.yaml
index d8a86d94d..9d15d0348 100644
--- a/helm-configs/cinder/cinder-helm-overrides.yaml
+++ b/helm-configs/cinder/cinder-helm-overrides.yaml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ release_group: null
 
 images:
   tags:
-
     db_init: "docker.io/openstackhelm/heat:2023.1-ubuntu_jammy"
     cinder_db_sync: "docker.io/openstackhelm/cinder:2023.1-ubuntu_jammy"
     db_drop: "docker.io/openstackhelm/heat:2023.1-ubuntu_jammy"
@@ -75,7 +74,8 @@ jobs:
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
         cinder_api:
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
+          allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
+          privileged: true
     cinder_backup:
       pod:
         runAsUser: 42424
@@ -790,6 +790,7 @@ conf:
       # Internal tenant id
       internal_project_name: internal_cinder
       internal_user_name: internal_cinder
+      rootwrap_config: /etc/cinder/rootwrap.conf
     database:
       max_retries: -1
     keystone_authtoken:
@@ -897,12 +898,15 @@ conf:
     lvmdriver-1:
       volume_group: cinder-volumes-1
       volume_driver: cinder.volume.drivers.lvm.LVMVolumeDriver
-      volume_backend_name: LVM
+      volume_backend_name: LVM_iSCSI
       volume_clear: zero
       lvm_type: default
-      target_protocol: iscsi
       image_volume_cache_enabled: True
+      iscsi_iotype: fileio
+      iscsi_num_targets: 100
+      target_protocol: iscsi
       target_helper: tgtadm
+      target_port: 3260
   rally_tests:
     run_tempest: false
     clean_up: |
diff --git a/helm-configs/nova/nova-helm-overrides.yaml b/helm-configs/nova/nova-helm-overrides.yaml
index f66684d18..a31a7aab9 100644
--- a/helm-configs/nova/nova-helm-overrides.yaml
+++ b/helm-configs/nova/nova-helm-overrides.yaml
@@ -1434,6 +1434,7 @@ conf:
       disk_cachemodes: "network=writeback"
       hw_disk_discard: unmap
       cpu_mode: host-passthrough
+      iscsi_use_multipath: false  # Disabled because multipathd is not configured or running
     upgrade_levels:
       compute: auto
     cache:
@@ -2112,7 +2113,7 @@ pod:
           readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
         nova_compute:
-          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
+          readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
           privileged: true
         nova_compute_ssh:
           privileged: true
diff --git a/playbooks/deploy-cinder-volumes-reference.yaml b/playbooks/deploy-cinder-volumes-reference.yaml
index 23db8702e..79f1b1749 100644
--- a/playbooks/deploy-cinder-volumes-reference.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/deploy-cinder-volumes-reference.yaml
@@ -6,21 +6,25 @@
   vars:
     cinder_release: "2023.1"
     cinder_storage_network_interface: br-storage
+    cinder_backend_name: "lvmdriver-1"
   handlers:
     - name: Restart cinder-volume systemd services
       ansible.builtin.systemd:
         name: "{{ item }}"
         state: restarted
         daemon_reload: true
+        enabled: true
       loop:
         - cinder-volume
         - cinder-volume-usage-audit
+        - iscsid.service
+        - tgt.service
   tasks:
     - name: K8S Facts block
       delegate_to: "{{ groups['kube_control_plane'][0] }}"
       block:
         - name: Ensure python3-kubernetes is available
-          ansible.builtin.apt:
+          ansible.builtin.package:
             name: python3-kubernetes
             state: present
             update_cache: true
@@ -33,11 +37,16 @@
           register: _kubernetes_cinder_etc_secret
 
     - name: Install required packages
-      ansible.builtin.apt:
+      ansible.builtin.package:
         name:
           - build-essential
+          - git
+          - open-iscsi
           - python3-venv
           - python3-dev
+          - qemu-block-extra
+          - qemu-utils
+          - tgt
         state: present
         update_cache: true
 
@@ -99,7 +108,7 @@
         - src: "{{ playbook_dir }}/templates/cinder-volume.service"
           dest: /etc/systemd/system/cinder-volume.service
         - src: "{{ playbook_dir }}/templates/sudoers"
-          dest: /etc/sudoers.d//cinder-volume
+          dest: /etc/sudoers.d/cinder-volume
           mode: "0440"
       notify:
         - Restart cinder-volume systemd services
@@ -142,3 +151,28 @@
         create: true
       notify:
         - Restart cinder-volume systemd services
+
+    - name: Replace the target_ip_address in the backends.conf with the current Ansible FQDN
+      community.general.ini_file:
+        path: /etc/cinder/backends.conf
+        section: "{{ cinder_backend_name }}"
+        option: "target_ip_address"
+        value: "{{ hostvars[inventory_hostname]['ansible_facts'][cinder_storage_network_interface]['ipv4']['address'] | default(ansible_default_ipv4.address) }}"
+        create: true
+      notify:
+        - Restart cinder-volume systemd services
+
+    - name: Replace exec path in rootwrap
+      community.general.ini_file:
+        path: /etc/cinder/rootwrap.conf
+        section: DEFAULT
+        option: "{{ item.key }}"
+        value: "{{ item.value }}"
+        create: true
+      loop:
+        - key: "exec_dirs"
+          value: "/opt/cinder/bin,/sbin,/usr/sbin,/bin,/usr/bin,/usr/local/bin,/usr/local/sbin,/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin"
+        - key: "filters_path"
+          value: "/etc/cinder/rootwrap.d"
+      notify:
+        - Restart cinder-volume systemd services
diff --git a/playbooks/templates/sudoers b/playbooks/templates/sudoers
index e2d6e200f..3a316fe66 100644
--- a/playbooks/templates/sudoers
+++ b/playbooks/templates/sudoers
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 Defaults:cinder !requiretty
 Defaults:cinder secure_path="/opt/cinder/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
 cinder ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /opt/cinder/bin/cinder-rootwrap
+cinder ALL = (root) NOPASSWD: /opt/cinder/bin/privsep-helper