Re: [Iscsitarget-devel] IET Misbehaving w/ Vmware 3.0.1

[Ingo F. <if...@xi...>]

Dear Gregory,

> 	I am running a CentOS release 4.4 (Final) box w/ a stock Centos
> 2.6.9-42.0.8.ELsmp kernel. Processor is a Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) 270 at 2
> Ghz. Memory is 2 Gigs. I'm running a 3Ware 9550SXU-16ML w/ 16 320 Gig SATA
> drives in a RAID-50 configuration. The box currently has a single Gig-E NIC
> (Broadcom) onboard that is being used for the iSCSI traffic.
>
> The Vmware cluster consist of 3 nodes running Vmware ESX 3.0.1 Rev 60875,
> which have been patched to all of the latest updates as of last week. The
> Gig-E switch that connects the nodes to the iSCSI box is a Netgear Gig-E
> switch. We've been able to achieve wire-speed using netcat and a battery of
> tests between the Nodes and the iSCSI box, so performance is good. There is
> nothing by iSCSI traffic on the switch.

Check all interfaces for errors (iet-target, iscsi-client, switch ports).

Do you use fiber or only copper?


Kind regards,
 	Ingo Flaschberger