Trouble Formatting iSCSI Volume

[tsv]

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!

[enealDC]

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?

[tsv]

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.

[enealDC]

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..

[tsv]

After making the changes suggested in the article I was unable to connect to the iSCSI target at all.

[symm]

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 ?

[tsv]

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.

[symm]

What was the Issue ?

[tsv]

I think it was the Raid card. Since this is in a lab environment I just grabbed another server and I tried it there.