Simple iSCSI updates

[culbeda]

1) Please update to the version of IET (iSCSI Enterprise Target) from 0.4.12 to 0.4.15 (or later depending on when you get to it.

It's a relatively trivial update to make and it will improve the 5200 Pro's ability to work with VMWare ESX because it includes the iSCSI reserve / release feature. (And if you can provide a cheap solution for people who need a test bench for ESX, you're likely to sell a few thousand extra units in the US alone.)

2) Provide advanced iSCSI configuration from the GUI (blockio/fileio, max connections, IntialR2T, etc. or create profiles for common uses of iSCSI (Windows iSCSI Initiator, Linux, VMWare ESX, etc.) Also a relatively thing to implement.

3) Logging for troubleshooting

I'm willing to help test these features and help them get implemented if you need it.

[grimfish]

Hi Culbeda,

Add me to your list of people requesting this update. I am looking to buy a 5200 Pro and am awaiting this very feature to justify the cost. If Thecus include this I will definitly buy one. ;D I also know of another person that has a 5200 pro and he too would like this feature for testing esx as he is a VCP and runs lots of labs on a single box.

I am running a test lab for ESX 3.5 and wish to test VMotion etc. without this feature there is no way to make sure it will work properly

If it's not implemented soon I will probably purchase another PC with a raid card and use Falconstor or some other ISCSI taget software instead.

Here's hoping.

[fajo]

Consider opening a ticket with Thecus Support:

esupport.thecus.com/support/

This is a Community Forum and there is no guarantee Thecus will read all posts ;o) The ticket will ensure at least that the support team knows about this - they will probably forward this to R&D to get this fixed/implemented with an upcoming FW release.

Regards,
Falk

[grimfish]

Thanks for the idea, I have just logged a ticket with them and will post on the reply

[grimfish]

No reply from Thecus looks like some of the posts in the forums may be warranted after all. I think I will just get a PC to do the same thing.

Good luck with this in the future.

Cheers