Network Port Usage
I’m wondering if someone had a better idea for what I’m trying to do. I have a small cluster of beefy Hyper-V servers.  Each server has 20 1GB ports.  This is my approach to port usage for the NICs: 20 ports    4 ports – iSCSI multi-pathing    4 ports – VM DMZ Network Team [...]

Answer Question   |  March 31, 2012  8:31 PM
Engineering, Hyper-V, iSCSI SAN, NIC Ports, Windows 2008 R2

Fibre Channel or ISCSI for SAN
We have a SAN that is mission critical to the business. Performance and availabilty are key. I have read that I should lean towards fibre channel for this versus ISCSI but was curious if anyone has seen a noticable difference.

Answer Question   |  October 6, 2009  3:48 PM
Fibre channel, Fibre channel SAN, iSCSI, iSCSI SAN, SAN

Best practices for configuring clients to boot from Windows 2003 server and attached iSCSI SAN
Are there any best practices for configuring clients to boot from an Windows 2003 server hosting the client O/S images on an attached iSCSI SAN? Is there a list of hardware or software that is required? I’m considering a HP – LeftHand iSCSI SAN solution to host the client images but want to understand how [...]

Answer Question   |  August 4, 2009  1:37 PM
HP, iSCSI, iSCSI SAN, SAN, Windows Server 2003

iSCSI SAN solution for a VMware ESX 3.5
Looking for recommendations for an inexpensive iSCSI SAN solution for a VMware ESX 3.5 environment? Moderator Note: This is a user submitted question

Answer Question   |  July 7, 2009  7:56 PM
iSCSI SAN, SAN, VMware, VMware ESX, VMware ESX 3.5

Intel ISCSI Remote Boot error message TCP/IP
Using Windows Server 2003 and get this error when using Intel ISCSI remote boot “ERROR: Could not establish TCP/IP connection with iSCSI target system.” Using Pro/1000 server adapters and Dell Poweredge 2900 server

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2009  6:12 PM
Dell PowerEdge 2900, Intel ISCSI Remote Boot, iSCSI, iSCSI SAN, TCP/IP

Cisco switch for iSCSI SAN
A SearchStorage.com reader recently asked: I was wondering if you could recommend a Cisco switch that can be used for Exchange to SAN (NetApp FAS960C) iSCSI connectivity.

Answer Question   |  February 3, 2009  3:36 PM
Cisco switches, FAS960C, iSCSI, iSCSI SAN, NetApp, SAN, SAN switches