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primey
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Wed Nov 01, 2006 4:42 pm
Hi,
I am wondering if its possible to use Starwind to share out a piece on Non Standard SCSI Hardware.
The unit is a NCipher nShield F2.
Is there anyway I can try and get Starwind to interrogate this device?
Although it does contain a 4 gig Hard drive, it is not presented to the system as a Standard HD, but as an unknown device until the Drivers are installed.
I'd like to try and interrogate this device, and use an ISCSI Initiator on a Virtual Guest machine to interrogate and install the Drivers on the guest and connect to it.
Is there anyway I can use Starwind to see this device, which is not present using the Standard GUI.
cheers
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anton (staff)
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Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:48 pm
If it has SCSI device ID and symbolic link - we can map it. Drop us a message to
info@rocketdivision.com and we'd send you utility to list all of the symbolic links and try SPTI over picked up device name.
primey wrote:Hi,
I am wondering if its possible to use Starwind to share out a piece on Non Standard SCSI Hardware.
The unit is a NCipher nShield F2.
Is there anyway I can try and get Starwind to interrogate this device?
Although it does contain a 4 gig Hard drive, it is not presented to the system as a Standard HD, but as an unknown device until the Drivers are installed.
I'd like to try and interrogate this device, and use an ISCSI Initiator on a Virtual Guest machine to interrogate and install the Drivers on the guest and connect to it.
Is there anyway I can use Starwind to see this device, which is not present using the Standard GUI.
cheers
Regards,
Anton Kolomyeytsev
Chief Technology Officer & Chief Architect, StarWind Software
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Val (staff)
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Wed Nov 01, 2006 10:21 pm
primey wrote:Hi,
I am wondering if its possible to use Starwind to share out a piece on Non Standard SCSI Hardware.
The unit is a NCipher nShield F2.
Is there anyway I can try and get Starwind to interrogate this device?
Although it does contain a 4 gig Hard drive, it is not presented to the system as a Standard HD, but as an unknown device until the Drivers are installed.
I'd like to try and interrogate this device, and use an ISCSI Initiator on a Virtual Guest machine to interrogate and install the Drivers on the guest and connect to it.
Is there anyway I can use Starwind to see this device, which is not present using the Standard GUI.
cheers
SPTI mapping is not recommended with non-standard disk devices.
Instead try using of the ImageFile virtual iSCSI targets over the disk. So your remote clients need know nothing about the disk's internals. They will see a SCSI-3 compatible iSCSI drive and work with it without problems.
Best regards,
Valeriy
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anton (staff)
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Wed Apr 01, 2009 7:03 am
Probably not...
primey wrote:Is this util still available?
cheers
Regards,
Anton Kolomyeytsev
Chief Technology Officer & Chief Architect, StarWind Software