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Hi Everyone,<br />
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I have two Windows 2003 servers which are currently connected via single NIC iSCSI connections per server to a 1000BaseT swtich. &nbsp;The servers are clustered and use a Promise Vtrack M310i as shared storage with MS iSCSI Initiator.<br />
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Here is the issue: There is no multipath. Each server has only a single NIC connection. Additionally the servers are only pointed at port 1 of the two ethernet port M310i.<br />
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I have added a second NIC in each server and now want to to use MPIO( which seems to already be installed for the MS iSCSI initiator. I have read the MS user guide for their initiator. Here are my questions:<br />
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1. How do I check the version of MS iSCSI initiator installed?<br />
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2. I assume I can simply move all cluster groups to one server and then pause a server and define an MPIO path. <br />
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3. I assume the MS Cluster service identifies a volume by it's disk signature and not the iSCSI path.<br />
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4. Anyone have a walkthrough or know of any issues I should watch out for?<br />
<br />
Thank in advance.<br />
<br />

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Hi Everyone,

I have two Windows 2003 servers which are currently connected via single NIC iSCSI connections per server to a 1000BaseT swtich.  The servers are clustered and use a Promise Vtrack M310i as shared storage with MS iSCSI Initiator.

Here is the issue: There is no multipath. Each server has only a single NIC connection. Additionally the servers are only pointed at port 1 of the two ethernet port M310i.

I have added a second NIC in each server and now want to to use MPIO( which seems to already be installed for the MS iSCSI initiator. I have read the MS user guide for their initiator. Here are my questions:

1. How do I check the version of MS iSCSI initiator installed?

2. I assume I can simply move all cluster groups to one server and then pause a server and define an MPIO path. 

3. I assume the MS Cluster service identifies a volume by it's disk signature and not the iSCSI path.

4. Anyone have a walkthrough or know of any issues I should watch out for?

Thank in advance.



Microsoft iSCSI Initiator MPIO and Cluster

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