topic Re: Usable Initiator Ports... in Array Setup and Networking https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/usable-initiator-ports/m-p/6983830#M979 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If its an option - I'd suggest starting from scratch with getting that Host connected to your iSCSI Storage network.&nbsp; Trace cables, confirm network switch port config, Host config, etc..&nbsp; I'd be willing to bet you'll find something has been overlooked.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 06 Jan 2015 14:19:43 GMT Valdereth 2015-01-06T14:19:43Z Usable Initiator Ports... https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/usable-initiator-ports/m-p/6983828#M977 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Greetings!</P><P>V virtual hosts connected to our SAN, and one of the three cannot seem to connect through the <STRONG>Nimble Connection Manager (2.0.7.10).</STRONG> We have to manually add the Target Portal Discovery IP address and even when we do, it shows <EM>Group: Unknown</EM> and no Host MPIO IP addresses. Also, under the Recent Tasks, <STRONG>Get Discovery Target Portals</STRONG> shows <EM>Discovery Target Portals Found = 1</EM> (I'm assuming it's the one we manually entered) and <STRONG>Get Configuration Data</STRONG> ends with <EM>Usable Initiator Ports = 0</EM>. </P><P>Not sure why this host is different from the other two, but does anyone have some insight into this problem? </P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Jan 2015 22:39:33 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/usable-initiator-ports/m-p/6983828#M977 jon farnick 2015-01-05T22:39:33Z Re: Usable Initiator Ports... https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/usable-initiator-ports/m-p/6983829#M978 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi LT iT</P><P></P><P>there is a video blog here that walks you through setting up a volume with NCM</P><P></P><P><A href="https://community.hpe.com/videos/1121"> Video Link : 1121</A></P><P></P><P>You want to make sure:</P><P>- the host can ping the arrays target/data ports from its data IP addresses</P><P>- if jumbo frames are configured the they are configured in the entire stack</P><P>- if its a clustered volume ensure the multi-initiator bit is set when provisioning </P><P>- have selected your ip interfaces to be used in NCM</P><P></P><P>any issues please post back or if it's urgent contact support and I'm sure they will guide you through it</P><P></P><P>cheers</P><P>rich</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 05 Jan 2015 23:26:04 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/usable-initiator-ports/m-p/6983829#M978 rfenton4 2015-01-05T23:26:04Z Re: Usable Initiator Ports... https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/usable-initiator-ports/m-p/6983830#M979 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>If its an option - I'd suggest starting from scratch with getting that Host connected to your iSCSI Storage network.&nbsp; Trace cables, confirm network switch port config, Host config, etc..&nbsp; I'd be willing to bet you'll find something has been overlooked.</P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 06 Jan 2015 14:19:43 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/usable-initiator-ports/m-p/6983830#M979 Valdereth 2015-01-06T14:19:43Z Re: Usable Initiator Ports... https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/usable-initiator-ports/m-p/6983831#M980 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>So it turns out, one good reboot and everything appears to be working. Thanks for all your help.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Jan 2015 15:08:09 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/usable-initiator-ports/m-p/6983831#M980 jon farnick 2015-01-07T15:08:09Z Re: Usable Initiator Ports... https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/usable-initiator-ports/m-p/6983832#M981 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hah - a classic Windows fix.. reboot.. <IMG src="https://community.hpe.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/happy.png" /> </P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 07 Jan 2015 15:24:21 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/array-setup-and-networking/usable-initiator-ports/m-p/6983832#M981 Valdereth 2015-01-07T15:24:21Z