iSCSI connection "degraded", MSA P2000, NW 6.5 sp7

We are trying to connect to a new HP MSA P2000 from Netware 6.5 sp 7 version and isci list below.
The MSA sees the incoming host fine, but the host doesn't attach to any volume on the target. The connection is dropped. PING is possible. The connection is a dedicated GB network switch with a dual port NIC form the server to four iscsi ports on the enclosure. connecting directly was no different.

Novell Open Enterprise Server, NetWare 6.5
Support Pack Revision 07
(C) Copyright 1983-2007 Novell Inc. All Rights Reserved. Patent Pending.
Server Version 5.70.07 September 18, 2007
Novell eDirectory Version 8.7.3.9 SMP
NDS Version 10553.73 October 9, 2006

SMITH_01:iscsi list
"InitiatorName"="iqn.1984-08.com.novell:smithtst.svt.smith."
"InitiatorAlias"="SmithTst"
"AuthMethod"="None"
"HeaderDigest"="None"
"DataDigest"="None"
"MaxConnections"="4"
"InitialR2T"="Yes"
"ImmediateData"="Yes"
"MaxRecvDataSegmentLength"="131072"
"MaxBurstLength"="131072"
"FirstBurstLength"="131072"
"DefaultTime2Wait"="2"
"DefaultTime2Retain"="20"
"MaxOutstandingR2T"="1"
"DataPDUInOrder"="Yes"
"DataSequenceInOrder"="Yes"
"ErrorRecoveryLevel"="0"

Do you have any helpful hints, or obvious miscues to point out?

The only docs I find referring to "watchdog" are for NCPCON in OESlinux.
I don't have Manage NCP Services as an option in Remote Manager.

SMITH_01:m ncp*
NCP.NLM
Loaded from [C:\NWSERVER\] on Feb 25, 2011 2:13:03 pm
(Address Space = OS)
NetWare Core Protocol (NCP) Engine
Version 5.61 July 20, 2007
Copyright 1984-2007 Novell, Inc. All rights reserved.
NCPNLM32.NLM
Loaded from [SYS:SYSTEM\] on Feb 25, 2011 2:13:05 pm
(Address Space = OS)
NetWare NWNCP Runtime Library
Version 6.01.01 September 18, 2007
(C) Copyright 1995-2007, Novell, Inc. All rights reserved.
Patent Pending--Novell, Inc.
NCPIPX.NLM
Loaded from [C:\NWSERVER\] on Feb 25, 2011 2:13:06 pm
(Address Space = OS)
Novell NCP/IPX Stack NLM
Version 5.60 April 25, 2006
Copyright 1996-2006 Novell, Inc. All rights reserved.