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PowerEdge R660xs boot from iscsi SAN, no redundancy
Hi,
I've successfully configured the server to boot from iscsi SAN.
So when the server start it can boot ok, from the LUN configured on the storage and i've installed ESXI.
So far, so good... I've configured 2 paths for the LUN, so i can have redundancy.
Server01
- ISCSI Con 1 - 10.10.10.1/24
- ISCSI Con 2 - 10.10.20.1 /24
Storage
- LUN path 1 - 10.10.10.254/24
- LUN path 2 - 10.10.20.254/24
But on the storage, it shows only the path for the Server iscsi connection 1, and not the other. So i've tested disconnecting the iscsi device connection 1 and i've lost access to the ESXI.
So i restarted the server, with only the Connection 2 up, and the server can boot the ESXI from iscsi.
My issue, is that i don't have active redundancy....So if i lost and physical path, i need to restart the server so it can boot from the other path.
I don't know if i'm missing some configuration on dell servers to have full redundancy without service loss in case of losing an physica path.
Thanks,
DELL-Chris H
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June 5th, 2024 20:12
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June 6th, 2024 07:22
For Multipathing you neet a propper MPIO and i have my doubt that a "BIOS" will handle it in the same way as a full blown OS.
Regards,
Joerg