OPEN-E DSS FC initiator with MPIO driver support?

[To-M]

This is noted on our release notes that we do not support FC in initiator mode with the DSS V6 but we are working on this the best ETA we can give is in Q1 of next year but it could change as there are other projects that have higher priority and more demand.

[jmc]

Thanks for the information. That explains our issue.

[thajekku]

This is noted on our release notes that we do not support FC in initiator mode with the DSS V6 but we are working on this the best ETA we can give is in Q1 of next year but it could change as there are other projects that have higher priority and more demand.

Can you clarify this (which release notes are you referring to?). I am in a similar position as the original poster. I have a dell poweredge 2800 with dual QLogic HBA's connected to a Fibre SAN. I want to use the Open-E DSS to present that Fibre SAN Storage as an iSCSI target. From the comparison chart at http://www.open-e.com/download/libra..._file/view/18/
It specifies that "Multiple FibreChannel HBA Support (initiator mode)" is listed as a feature for DSS v6.

Within the open-e software I see the SAN volumes but I see two of them (as I would expect since I have 2 paths to each volume on the SAN). Are you saying that multipathing is not working or that FC initiator is not working? If I was to only have 1 path can I safely use the FC initiator?

thanks

[To-M]

MPIO works in the DSS V6 Target mode only - cut from the release notes below.

- MPIO mode with FC HBA's in INITIATOR mode does not work. MPIO will function in FC TARGET mode. Only QLOGIC FC HBA's are supported in TARGET mode