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Microsoft iSCSI Initiator never reconnects after failing and re-establishing a path to iSCSI storage when Multiple Connected Sessions and both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses are configured.

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Symptoms

On Windows Server 2008 R2, when private network for storage is configured to use both IPv4 and IPv6, the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator never reconnects after failing and re-establishing a path to storage when Multiple Connections per Session (MCS) is configured on the Multiple Connected Sessions property box. The status always shows �Reconnecting��  This also happens when setting �Favorite Targets� and rebooting, connection is never made to iSCSI storage. There is no accessing the iSCSI disks because of this issue.

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Cause

Multiple Connections per Session (MCS) does not support using both IPv4 and IPv6 on Windows Server 2008 R2 and Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator.

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Resolution

Reconfigure your private storage network NIC to use only IPv4 if you need to use Multiple Connections per Session (MCS) with Windows Server 2008 R2.

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More information

See the Users Guide for iSCSI Initiator available from a link on the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator Version 2.08 download page for configuration recommendations when using the Initiator.

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Keywords: KB2014131

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Article Info
Article ID : 2014131
Revision : 1
Created on : 1/22/2010
Published on : 1/22/2010
Exists online : False
Views : 226