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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initiator setup, a 30 second iSCSI failover timeout is used instead of the
MaxRequestHoldTime value that LeftHand Networks recommends setting to
600s (see Section 8). This 30 second timeout value can have adverse affects on
iSCSI volume and data availability. See section 8 for more details.
With SAN/ IQ Versions earlier than 7.0, do not Select Microsoft™ DSM
Support during Initiator Install
During the Microsoft™ iSCSI Installation, DO NOT select the “Microsoft™
MPIO Multipathing Support for iSCSI” option, if using
SAN/iQ 6.6.x or earlier, or on ANY version of SAN/iQ if not using the
LeftHand DSM.
Use the chart below to determine when to install/remove the Microsoft DSM:
* Remove the Microsoft DSM if already installed
SAN/iQ Version
Using the LeftHand
DSM for MPIO?
Install the Microsoft
DSM during the iSCSI
initiator installation?
6.6.x or earlier Yes or No NO*
7.0 or later No NO*
7.0 or later Yes YES