iSCSI drivers for XP

[newsposter]

Ok, what is needed to support iSCSI on Windows XP Pro? Does MSFT have a set of downloads or are there reliable freeware drivers/server available?

thanks

[CoffeeFiend]

They have a driver on MS connect (iSCSI Software Initiator - Boot Version). I was looking at it today along with the new Network Monitor 3 Beta, but I didn't manage to download them to even peek at it - it will ONLY download using ActiveX no matter what browser you use (and my IE is very locked down and will NOT allow ActiveX - and I don't want to use it either). So too bad... I was looking forward to it, but they're making it a royal PITA - so I just might use SAS or AoE instead (Fiber Channel is nice, but too expensive IMO). Well, iSCSI support seems better, and it's still a cheap technology. Just load up any average box with inexpensive SATA RAID cards and lotsa decently sized HDs in a nice big case (coolermaster stacker) or even on shelf/rack, and as long as it has gbit ethernet, you're pretty much set (likely using linux for the target - hard to beat the price). I could really use a little SAN like that (that and diskless silent PCs too - even VMWare machines could boot from it)

Edited September 26, 2006 by crahak

[newsposter]

www.serverelements.com

www.openfiler.com

Both web sites are focused on linux-based NAS applicance software.

I'd be booting XP from local disk and using iSCSI from the NAS appliances for media files into some HTPC setups.