I have two machines - Windows Server and FreeNAS. FreeNAS has a couple of iSCSI drives exposed, and I'm using the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator to mount them as NTFS volumes.
Each machine has 2 x Gb NIC's
Windows
- 192.168.1.4 (Intel NIC -- Direct connection to FreeNAS via a crossover cable)
- 192.168.10.4 (Broadcom NIC -- Home LAN)
FreeNAS
- 192.168.1.5 (Intel NIC -- Direct connection to Windows via a crossover cable)
- 192.168.10.5 (Broadcom NIC -- Home LAN)
There is a dedicated NIC on each machine so that FreeNAS and Windows can maximize iSCSI transfers. There is an additional NIC on each machine which connects them to the LAN via various switches, etc.
Right now, everything is set up to use only the dedicated 192.168.1.x network for iSCSI traffic, but with the Multipath option in the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator - wouldn't it be possible to load balance traffic between the two machines, using BOTH networks?
I had a fiddle around, but couldn't really see how to achieve it.
Would I need to add both subnets to the main iSCSI portal? How would I configure it on the Windows end?
I'm curious -- has anyone else tried this?
Each machine has 2 x Gb NIC's
Windows
- 192.168.1.4 (Intel NIC -- Direct connection to FreeNAS via a crossover cable)
- 192.168.10.4 (Broadcom NIC -- Home LAN)
FreeNAS
- 192.168.1.5 (Intel NIC -- Direct connection to Windows via a crossover cable)
- 192.168.10.5 (Broadcom NIC -- Home LAN)
There is a dedicated NIC on each machine so that FreeNAS and Windows can maximize iSCSI transfers. There is an additional NIC on each machine which connects them to the LAN via various switches, etc.
Right now, everything is set up to use only the dedicated 192.168.1.x network for iSCSI traffic, but with the Multipath option in the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator - wouldn't it be possible to load balance traffic between the two machines, using BOTH networks?
I had a fiddle around, but couldn't really see how to achieve it.
Would I need to add both subnets to the main iSCSI portal? How would I configure it on the Windows end?
I'm curious -- has anyone else tried this?