Microsoft released Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) support software for Microsoft Windows® client and server environments in June 2003. The Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator package includes both the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator service and the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator software driver.
Downloads | iSCSI Software Initiator v2.X
The newest version of the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator integrates multipathing for high availability. To learn more about Microsoft's continuing storage innovation with iSCSI, read the datasheet. |
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Case Studies| • | Royal Appliance
Royal Appliance wanted to explore less time-consuming and costly ways of adding storage to its Fibre Channel storage area network (SAN). LeftHand Networks IP SAN, in combination with Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003, provided the solution. Read the case study here. |
| • | SDC Udvikling A/S
With several Fibre Channel-based SANs operational, SCD found their storage solution difficult to manage and expensive. After intensive testing of Fibre Channel and IP SAN options, SDC chose to implement the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating system with Microsoft Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) architecture using EqualLogic storage arrays. |
| | | | White Papers| • | Deploying iSCSI SANs
Networked storage solutions have enabled organizations to more effectively share, consolidate, and manage resources than was possible with direct attached storage (DAS). The shift from server-centric storage to networked storage has been dependent on the development of technologies that can transfer data to and from storage as fast as, or faster than, direct attached technologies while also overcoming the limitations inherent in parallel SCSI, the dominant interconnect for DAS. |
| • | Microsoft Support for iSCSI
Differing data requirements, system complexities, and cost constraints mean that storage needs vary enormously from business to business. Microsoft is committed to offering a broad range of storage solutions to meet these needs. Most recently this includes support for iSCSI. This white paper is intended for storage administrators and others who are interested in capitalizing on the emerging iSCSI technology. |
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News and Reviews| • | Microsoft Blesses iSCSI Hardware
Byte and Switch (November 2003): The announcement is a signal from Microsoft to companies that compatible HBAs and arrays are available to begin implementing iSCSI networks on Windows. |
| • | Vendors Show iSCSI Storage Devices Support Windows
InforWorld (November 2003): In a development that could help to ease the adoption of iSCSI, a protocol for creating storage networks over existing infrastructures, Microsoft Corp. has qualified iSCSI products from 14 storage hardware vendors to work with Windows and Microsoft's iSCSI drivers. |
| • | Microsoft Delivers iSCSI Support for Windows
eWeek (July 2, 2003): The road to iSCSI deployment got a bit smoother when Microsoft released its iSCSI driver for Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, and Windows XP Professional. |
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Press Releases| • | Microsoft Delivers iSCSI Support for Windows
(June 30, 2003): Microsoft today announced the availability of its iSCSI Software Initiator package, including the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator service and the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator software driver. |
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