Dell EqualLogic Host Integration Tools for Microsoft Edition Version 5.4 Release Notes

If your host system uses HBAs on a dedicated network to access your PS Series groups, configure ASM/ME to register the discovery address using only these HBAs. In the ASM/ME GUI, click Settings → PS Group Access. Select the checkbox for Use Host Bus Adapters when you configure the PS Series group access. This checkbox appears only if the HIT host has HBAs installed, or an initiator other than the default software initiator.

If a HIT host has HBAs and default network interfaces, the iSCSI traffic is restricted to only the HBA network interfaces, and you select the checkbox to verify the connection to the group, you might see the following error:

Error saving PS Group group_name: Specified group WKAddress is not reachable.

If the Verify connection checkbox is not selected, ASM will add the new group entry but subsequent attempts to edit it will fail. With the Use Host Bus Adapters option set, if the ping test fails, ASM will ignore the failure and attempt to register the new PS Series group. If one HBA succeeds, the group is added.