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I am trying to format the iSCSI volumes I created. I tried using Server 2008, Windows 7, and even XP. None of them were able to format the drive with NTFS.
Everytime I tried to format it said: the format did not complete successfully. This is my first attempt at using Open-E so any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks!
Are you noticing any errors in the event viewer on the initiator side?
What about on the DSS side?
How is the target and the initiator connected?
No errors on either side's event viewer. Both sides have Intel 1gb server NICs, and there have been 5 physical machines I have tried to format with all using various Intel gbit nics. Three of them being 2k8, one was Windows 7, and I also tried XP.
I have also tried changing the MTU size on the Open-E nic from 9000 to 1500 and back.
You may need to try changing your target settings to agree more closely with the MS initiator.
Use this doc:
http://www.kb.open-e.com/How-can-I-f...ssage_202.html
As a starting point.
Let me know how it goes..
After making the changes suggested in the article I was unable to connect to the iSCSI target at all.
I have formatted iSCSI with server 2000, 2003, 2008 along and vista with no problem.
I do not know if I ever tried with XP
you should be following these steps.
connect to lun with initiator
control panel -> admin tools -> computer managemant-> disk management
select lun -> initilize then right click to format
Are you changing any of the default settings when formatting ?
what size is the lun you are trying to format
did you select any settings when creating the LUN
what version of DSS do you have ?
This ended up being an issue with the hardware. I am only testing DSS right now. I am not really sure why this failed, but using a different server as the "san" resolved the issue.
Thank you for your help.
What was the Issue ?
I think it was the Raid card. Since this is in a lab environment I just grabbed another server and I tried it there.