Does the Lefthand DSM support Round Robin

[Stuart Death]

Hi, I have a Windows 2003 server with two NIC's connected to the Lefthand SAN using MS iSCSI Initiator and the Lefthand DSM. Am I right in saying that only failover is supported as I can't configure Round Robin?!

Thanks

[René Loser]

Hi Stuart,

The combination of MPIO and DSM supports failover and load balancing.
Multiple iSCSI connection opens while you connect to an iSCSI Target.
This is reflected within the CMC-GUI where you can see that first a management connection established - and after a data connection to each node.
Important: dont use any kind NIC Failover drivers on the initiator-host.

regards,
reNe

HP Presales Switzerland

[Stuart Death]

Thanks Rene,

So how do you configure load balance? I have followed the instructions for the HP Lefthand DSM but when I look at activity on the cards, data is only going through one of them. I have looked in the CMC and there is a session to each card but shouldn't I see activity on both nics?

Thanks.