About the powershell command of the setup nvme target

Aqor-roy · Thu Dec 15, 2022 10:24 am

Hi all,
I have tried starwind vsan to set up nvme target by powershell command but fail. Then I have read the resources and samples from starwind website, Is both iser and nvme target only available for paid version?

My server setup:
CPU: Xeon E2387g
Motherboard: ASrock rack E3C256D4U-2L2T
RAM: 8GB (will upgrade to 128GB)
SSD:P5800X 800GB
NIC: E810-2CQDA2
OS: windows server 2022 standard evaluation

My client setup:
CPU : Ryzen 5700g
Motherboard : X570Phanton Gaming-ITX/TB3
RAM:64GB
SSD:Optane 905p 960GB
NIC: E810-XXVDA4
OS: windows server 2022 standard evaluation

Thu Dec 15, 2022 2:45 pm

Please note NVMe Target is in test mode.
Yes, you need a GUI-enabled version of StarWind VSAN. Please see https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resour ... g-nvme-of/ for more details. Do not hesitate to reach out to us for the trial key at support@starwind.com You are welcome to use this thread and 832481 as your references.
Please also note that you cannot replace a Trial license with the Free one.

Aqor-roy · Thu Dec 15, 2022 4:32 pm

Thank you for your quick reply and information.
Previously, I have tried to test nvme over iwarp of my chelsio t6225-cr in ubuntu server using linux kernel target with E810 xxvda4 in win server 2022 as client side such that using starwind nvme of initator .The result is positive. The speed of ssd in ubuntu test by crystal mark locally and remotely is close such that can obverse the reduction of the usage of ram. While the old server use 2 core xeon d cpu with pcie gen 3 m2 ssd ,such that the network speed restricted to 25GbE.
So, I upgrade my server setup as above config to see if p5800x can be full speed through 100GbE network by nvme over RDMA. But there are some more work will be done
1) E810 xxvda4 need to use all four ports with MPIO to saturate E810-2CQDA2 single 100GbE port.(need to setup nvme of multi path, QoS etc)
2)Window NVME of target is only available in starwind vsan while SPDK nvme target in linux is less easy to use directly. I will request for trail ver .
3) I have tried to install win server 2022 both in server and client to test SMB direct over iwarp between two E810 Nic. This is not easy to say the benefits, so I want to see more if nvme over iwarp would be trasfer faster or not.

Thu Dec 15, 2022 5:48 pm

Thank you for your update. Please reach out back to me here or at the support email if you need more assistance.