Windows server iSCSI traffic is passing through iSCSI NIC or not

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Windows server iSCSI traffic is passing through iSCSI NIC or not

Mahesh Khunte 6

We are trying to understand if iSCSI traffic is passing through iSCSI NIC card. iSCSI connection session is showing source as Management IP/NIC. We have two separate NIC card for Management/RDP 50.3.100.x/24 & iSCSI 192.168.205.x/24.

David Browne 111 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2020-10-30T22:26:42.233+00:00

Edit your question to include the IP of the iSCSI target, the output of tracert to that IP, and the output of route print.
Anonymous

2020-11-03T09:26:36.493+00:00

Just want to confirm the current situations.

Please feel free to let us know if you need further assistance.

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David Browne 111 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2020-10-30T22:26:42.233+00:00

Edit your question to include the IP of the iSCSI target, the output of tracert to that IP, and the output of route print.
Anonymous

2020-11-03T09:26:36.493+00:00

Just want to confirm the current situations.

Please feel free to let us know if you need further assistance.

Answer 1

Hey,

How is your iSCSI initiator configure? Could you share the details?
You can use Wireshark or similar tools. Filter via iSCSI protocol to analyze network traffic. https://wiki.wireshark.org/iSCSI
In addition, you can simply run diskspd benchmark and monitor network traffic in the Task Manager.
https://github.com/microsoft/diskspd

As an alternative, you can use StarWind VSAN to create iSCSI Target. Using ACL you can bound traffic to a specific NIC.
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/help/TheAccessRightsTaboftheManagementConsole.html

Cheers,

Alex Bykovskyi

StarWind Software

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