Iscsi noob needs help with Drobo.

[Lorne]

Heres the jist, We have set up a Drobo Pro with 3 volumes, We can network to it via the puter that its connected to via the USB cable no problem.

The manual says Drobo can be connected directly to a switch and use Iscsi, Ive done this.
question here, Is this suppose to be a dedicated switch for ISCSI clients, Or can it be used for all network paths (book does not signify this).
Does it matter if its a router or does it have to be switch spacific.

The machine hooked to the Drobo via the USB is Win7 x64, The one I am trying to connect via ISCSI to the Drobo is also Win7 (Once I get this one done I can follow suite with the rest of the workstations).

I cant seem to get the ISCSI initiator to see the drobo and its drives/volumes, Yes I know the IP and enter it, It comes back with nothing, The firewall allows it to pass and shows connection but no responds.

 

[Nothinman]

It should work either way, but a dedicated vlan is usually recommended for security and a dedicated switch for performance.

And if it's a router, then you're probably talking a SOHO thing which just sounds like a bad idea from the start.

 

[edtsui]

The DroboPro does NOT support multiple iSCSI initiators trying to connect to it at the same time. You will corrupt the volumes if you do this. I cannot stress this point enough.

The DroboPro is considered a Direct Attached Storage device not a SAN. Sharing files on a DroboPro has to be done via file sharing in the OS.

 

[Lorne]

I got it, Had to remove the USB cable from the host puter and it fired up, Works great.

Ed, Its Iscsi to the host, Then out another NIC.

Thanks peeps.