NVMe-oF Initiator, how to connect when Windows boots?

ladernak · Tue Jan 25, 2022 1:18 am

Hi all, I'm currently testing out StarWinds' NVMe-oF Initiator. I can successfully connect to my NVMe-oF target, but now I am wondering how to get the target to automatically connect on startup, so that you don't have to think about it after it boots and happens automatically (as if it were a locally connected NVMe drive).

What is the best way to achieve this?

Tue Jan 25, 2022 4:01 am

Welcome to StarWind Forum!
NVMe-oF Initiator can be selected in the MS iSCSI Initiator list and so the favorite targets are created.

ladernak · Tue Jan 25, 2022 6:31 am

Hi yaroslav, thanks for your reply.

Is there any specific configuration I need to do / settings I need to change in the iSCSI Initiator, or will it work automatically with Starwinds NVMe-oF Initiator when that is installed, out of the box?

Tue Jan 25, 2022 7:19 am

It should automatically pick the new Initiator up once the drivers are installed and the server is rebooted.

mahuan1688 · Sat Mar 05, 2022 12:45 pm

ladernak wrote:Hi all, I'm currently testing out StarWinds' NVMe-oF Initiator. I can successfully connect to my NVMe-oF target, but now I am wondering how to get the target to automatically connect on startup, so that you don't have to think about it after it boots and happens automatically (as if it were a locally connected NVMe drive).

What is the best way to achieve this?

What equipment and network environment are used, and how about the speed

Tue Feb 27, 2024 3:27 pm

If it's not wire speed and / or performance of all-NVMe back end... Something is improperly configured and StarWind engineers should have a look!

We've able to saturate 4*100GbE uplinks with all-Optane SPDK target.

mahuan1688 wrote: ↑
Sat Mar 05, 2022 12:45 pm

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What equipment and network environment are used, and how about the speed