Question : MSiSCSI Timeout - Event ID 103 - 2003 server hanging connected to CX4-120

We have an EMC CX4-120 iSCSI SAN currently connected to one host as a file server on 2008 storage server that is working fine.  We recently purchased another server and due to our current SAP environment, had to load Windows 2003 x64 Enterprise on it.

I loaded v 2.08 of the MS iscsi initiator, navisphereCLI, Navisphere agent, and powerpath administrator.   I have 5 raid5  LUNS being attached which correspond to F: 70GB, G: 70GB, H: 70GB, I:, 1000GB, Z: 20 GB.

If I attach them while the server si running, everything appears to function correctly, but if I reboot, I the server will usually hang after login and the drives either slowly appear or not at all.  For example, right now,  PowerPath administrator shows all 5 drives, but the disk manager hangs when I try to view them and In explorer, it only shows 4 of the 5.  The 1000GB was missing for about 10 minutes until it finally appeared.

Event Viewer shows a few errors that only appear if I have iSCSI drives attached.  If I disconnect them and reboot, all is well, no system hangs.

Powerpath shows all paths up and active.

I have tried “iscsicli ClearPersistentDevices"

I do not understand the event id relating to 192.168.1.3 as a target.  That target is up and active and we do not receive these errors on the Windows 2008 server.


Ideas?

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Answer : MSiSCSI Timeout - Event ID 103 - 2003 server hanging connected to CX4-120

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