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Required Adapter and Server OS Settings
106 Dell EMC Storage Compatibility Matrix for SC, PS, and FS Series Arrays | DSCM
Recommended iSCSI initiator registry settings location:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E97B-E325-11CE-BFC1-
08002BE10318}\<Instance Number>\Parameters
Setting name
Description
Default
value
Recommended
value
DelayBetweenReconnect
If a connection is dropped while it is in
FullFeature phase, the driver will
attempt to re-login. This parameter sets
the delay between each re-login
attempts.
5
no change
MaxConnectionRetries
Maximum number of times a lost TCP
connection will be retried.
4294967295
(indefinitely)
no change
MaxPendingRequests
This setting controls the maximum
number of outstanding requests
allowed by the initiator. At most this
many requests will be sent to the target
before receiving response for any of
the requests.
255
no change
EnableNOPOut
If set to 1, the initiator will send NOP
OUT PDUs to target if there is no
activity for 2 minutes.
0
1
MaxTransferLength
This is maximum data size of an I/O
request.
262144
(256KB)
no change
MaxBurstLength
This is the negotiated Max Burst
Length.
262144
(256KB)
no change
FirstBurstLength
This is the negotiated First Burst
Length.
65536
(64KB)
no change
MaxRecvDataSegmentLength
This is the negotiated
MaxRecvDataSegmentLength.
65536
(64KB)
no change
IPSecConfigTimeout
This timeout value is used when the
driver calls the discovery service to
configure\release IPsec for an iSCSI
connection.
60
no change
InitialR2T
If set to Non-Zero value, initiator will
request InitialR2T (InitialR2T=Yes).
Else initiator will not request InitialR2T
(InitialR2T=No).
0
no change
ImmediateData
If set to Non-Zero value, initiator will
request ImmediateData
(ImmediateData=Yes). Else initiator will
not request ImmediateData
(ImmediateData=No).
1 (Yes)
no change
PortalRetryCount
This value is used to determine how
many times a connect request to a
target portal should be retried if the
portal is down.
5
no change