[storage-discuss] Re: Re: iscsi failure from Windows with b61

[Nigel Smith]

It may be useful if you could use the checked build of the Microsuft iSCSI initiator.
This allows you to create a debug log file as well as send debug logging
 to a kernel debugger.
 
You can read up on this in this document:
"Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator User's Guide 2.x"
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/e/9/ae91dea1-66d9-417c-ade4-92d824b871af/uguide.doc
See the section on "Debug Logging"

You need to set up a value in the registry, to enable the logging.
I used the value they recommend:
DebugSpewLevel of 0x006f0007 

You can download the checked build version of the initiator here:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/0/D/7/0D7CDB5C-74D8-4118-9BE0-DE021EF6F35C/Initiator-2.03-build3099-x86chk.exe 

When I did this, I first un-installed the normal 'free/retail' build version
of the initiator, before installing the checked build version.

To can view the debug ouput with a program called "DebugView"
available here:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Miscellaneous/DebugView.mspx

Note that the checked build version of the initiator 
is for troubleshooting only, and not for use in production environments. 

Ok, if you try this & see anything interesting logged in the DebugView
output, at the time the connection aborts, then post that back to the 
forum.  From what you describe, it looks to me like this problem
only occurs when the Windows PC is under heavy stress.
Thanks
Nigel Smith
 
 
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