topic Re: MSA 2012i single controller in MSA Storage

MSA 2012i single controller

PinoGiuseppe — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 10:38:07 GMT

Hello

my operation system is windows 2008 x64 sp2 DL 380 , i have this error very often:

iScsiPrt error

Event id 9. Target did not respond in time for a SCSI request. The CDB is given in the dump data.

Event id 20 Connection to the target was lost. The initiator will attempt to retry the connection.

Event id 7 The initiator could not send an iSCSI PDU. Error status is given in the dump data.

The firmware revision:

Current Storage Controller Code Version J211R09
Current Storage Controller Loader Code Version 15.010
Current Memory Controller FPGA Code Version F300R22
Current Management Controller Code Version W421R37
Current Management Controller Loader Code Version 12.013
Current Expander Controller Code Version 3210
Current CPLD Version 27

Please help me

Re: MSA 2012i single controller

PinoGiuseppe — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:43:28 GMT

Please help me
thanks

Re: MSA 2012i single controller

PinoGiuseppe — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:29:07 GMT

Please help me
thanks

Re: MSA 2012i single controller

Alex Geroulaitis — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 07:05:18 GMT

How are the initiator and the target connected?

Re: MSA 2012i single controller

PinoGiuseppe — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:20:21 GMT

hi, thanks for your replay.
Initiator integrate in windows server 2008
Target connect MSA2012i connected direct whit server (DL380)

Thanks

Re: MSA 2012i single controller

Alex Geroulaitis — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:21:37 GMT

Is there a direct network cable between the two? A dedicated LAN segment or are you connecting these two via main LAN?

Bottom line, you could try dedicating a port on a server to iSCSI and run a direct cable to the enclosure; see if the error recurs. If it doesn't, the problem is in the LAN.

Re: MSA 2012i single controller

PinoGiuseppe — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:48:13 GMT

hi, thanks for your replay.
the server and storage iScsi are connected direct, no switch connected.
Thanks

Re: MSA 2012i single controller

PinoGiuseppe — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 09:13:28 GMT

hi, thanks for your replay.
the server and storage iScsi are connected direct, no switch connected.
Thanks

Re: MSA 2012i single controller

Alex Geroulaitis — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:32:49 GMT

At least it's not the network.

It's then the cable, the NICs, or the software (configuration) issue. Here are some resources:

http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=9&eventno=7928&source=iScsiPrt&phase=1
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/83dd19bc-86ab-4858-a572-92612561cab5/
http://www.delltechcenter.com/thread/4323622/Equallogic+SAN+cluster+issue#fbid=UWXiG3N6Xx- (yes it's Dell EqualLogic but there is a lot of useful info there).

You may also want to list the relevant equipment here: the server model, the NICs or HBAs used for iSCSI, there firmware, what software was used to configure the SAN outside of Microsoft iSCSI initiator. I don't think I can help any further - my experience with this type of SAN is very limited.