Cannot connect with iScsi

[maquinaloca]

i am trying to connect esx server to a storage array using isci. I have followed all the instructions per vmware on how to connect and everything looks fine on both ends but still the initiator cannot find the target. I am not sure if the issue is on the esx side or on the san side. As troubleshooting steps is there a command line I can run on the esx server to determine where the issue is.

[Lightbulb]

Can you vmkping the ISCSI target from the SC?

Have you checked the ACLs on the ISCSI Target?

[weinstein5]

Are you running ESX or ESXi - if ESX the service console must also be able to communicate to the iSCSI device. Are you able to ping the iSCSI target using the PING command which will test connectivity from the service console and vVMKPING which will test communication through the vmkernel port? Are using CHAP for authentiation? Did you open the iSCSI port on the firewall? - these are some of the common gotchas

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[maquinaloca]

thanks for your help. I did not create a route on the core switch from the isci network to the service console network.

[weinstein5]

That will do it -

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