HP LeftHand SAN Solutions Support Document - Application Notes - Best Practices for Enabling Microsoft Windows with SAN/iQ®
Table Of Contents
- Application Notes Best Practices for Enabling Microsoft Windows with SANiQ
- Contents
- 1 Chapter: Enabling LeftHand SAN volumes with the Microsoft™ iSCSI 2.0x Initiator
- 2 Chapter: Finding the iSCSI Initiator Version
- 3 Chapter: LeftHand Networks and Microsoft™ MPIO Support
- 4 Chapter: Expanding a Windows Volume on the SAN
- 5 Chapter: Shrinking a Windows Volume on the SAN
- 6 Chapter: Setting the Windows Disk Partition Offset for Optimal Performance
- 7 Chapter: Ensure That Application Resources on iSCSI Volumes Come Online After a Server Reboot
- 8 Chapter: Microsoft™ iSCSI Initiator Session Timeout Setting
- 9 Chapter: Measuring Performance in a Windows Environment
- Overview
- Using Windows Performance Monitor to Measure SAN Performance
- Setting up Windows Performance Monitor
- Saving a Performance Monitor Log for Analysis
- Monitoring More Than One Server Simultaneously
- Scheduling Performance Data Collection
- Using IOMeter as a SAN Benchmark Tool
- Configuring the ISCSI Volume
- Configuring IOMeter
- Configuring IOMeter Access Specification for each Test
- Running the Test
- Interpreting Results
- Access Specifications to Run
- 10 Chapter: Frequently Asked Questions
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Since the Microsoft™ iSCSI Initiator Installer updates only needed files with
each version installed, you will need to locate the highest build number in the
list of file versions, and then use the table below to determine the iSCSI
version. A reliable file to inspect is the msiscsi.sys file.
We can see from the above example that the highest file version build number
is .3099, so the iSCSI version being used is 2.03.
Note: Any time the iSCSI initiator is reinstalled or upgraded, the
MaxRequestHoldTime value may revert to its default value of 60
seconds. Always reconfirm this setting after reinstalling or upgrading
the initiator. See section 8 for details.
File Version Build Numbers MSiSCSI Version Numbers
5.2.3790.1653 2.00
5.2.3790.1748 2.01
5.2.3790.1895 2.02
5.2.3790.3099 2.03
5.2.3790.3273 2.04
5.2.3790.3392 2.05
5.2.3790.3497 2.06