Hi all,

I am just starting to configure Solaris iSCSI and I wonder if there is a 
software for Solaris iSCSI initiator (not CISCO)

I have in my lab several sun computers with Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 like:

     SunFire v240,SunFire v120,SunFire v210,SunFire E280r
     Enterprise 450,Enterprise 250, Blade 150.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thomas.

Hi,

> I am just starting to configure Solaris iSCSI and I wonder if there is a 
> software for Solaris iSCSI initiator (not CISCO)
> 
> I have in my lab several sun computers with Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 like:
> 
>     SunFire v240,SunFire v120,SunFire v210,SunFire E280r
>     Enterprise 450,Enterprise 250, Blade 150.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
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AFAIK there is only the iSCSI initiator from Cisco published along with 
the 5420/5428 line of FC to iSCSI Routers.

If you've some budget to spend you might consider buying the Qlogic 
iSCSI HBA (qla4010c), which should come with some initiator-like driver 
since it contains a TOE and a iSCSI offload engine. Don't know if the 
qla4040 is already available, this would also offer IPSec calculation 
for the system. The card does not support Jumbo frames though!

Personally I believe that SW initators will provide a better bang for 
the buck, especially when matched with a pure TOE card. The recent 
benchmarks for Alacritech cards (M$ only) seem to suggest this.

If you locate a SW initiator for Solaris I'd be happy to learn about it.

HTH,

Jochen