Hi.
Whenn configuring the initiators, do you see a significant difference in performance when you use the private IPs instead of the loopback interface?
Let's say, I have two servers with two 10G NICs each.
Server 1:
NIC1: 192.168.1.1/24
NIC2: 192.168.2.1/24
Server2:
NIC1: 192.168.1.2/24
NIC2: 192.168.2.2/24
I can use NIC1 of each server to connect to NIC1 of both servers. Same for NIC2. MPIO is activated.
I'm asking, because I tried loopback first and ran into the problem, that the targets did not reconnect after a reboot. Instead I got an error message, saying that the target is in use and cannot be connected. Using private IPs, this never happened.
Thank you.
Martin
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