Dell ISCSI manual Problem Probable Cause, KB883398 at support.microsoft.com, Manage, Service

Problem Probable Cause Corrective Action

	One or more nodes may have the
	Internet Connection Firewall enabled,
	blocking RPC communications
	between the nodes.
Unable to use Microsoft iSCSI Initiator	The Enable shared access to the
to connect to the PS Series array(s)	iSCSI target from multiple initiators
from the second node and the	check box is not selected.
following error message is displayed:
Authorization Failure.

Configure the Internet Connection Firewall to allow communications that are required by the MSCS and the clustered applications or services. For more information, see the article

KB883398 at support.microsoft.com.

1.In the Group Manager GUI, right click the volume having the connection problem.

2.Select Modify Volume Settings.

3.Click the Advanced tab and ensure that the volume is enabled for shared access from multiple initiators.

The disks on the shared cluster storage are unreadable or uninitialized in Windows Disk Administration.

• This issue occurs if you stop	No action required.
the Cluster Service.

•On systems running Windows Server 2003, this issue occurs if the cluster node does not own the cluster disk.

Cluster Services does not operate	The Windows Internet Connection	Perform the following steps:
correctly on a cluster running	Firewall is enabled, which may	1.	On the Windows desktop, right-
Windows Server 2003 and with	conflict with Cluster Services.
			click My Computer and click
Internet Firewall enabled.
			Manage.
		2.	In the Computer Management
			window, double-click Services.
		3.	In the Services window, double-
			click Cluster Services.
		4.	In the Cluster Services window,
			click the Recovery tab.
		5.	Click the First Failure dropdown
			arrow and select Restart the
			Service.
		6.	Click the Second Failure
			dropdown arrow and select
			Restart the Service.
		7.	Click OK.
		For information on how to configure
		your cluster with the Windows
		Internet Connection Firewall enabled,
		see the articles 258469 and 883398 at
		support.microsoft.com and
		microsoft.com/technet respectively.
Public network clients cannot access	One or more nodes may have the	Configure the Internet Connection
the applications or services that are	Internet Connection Firewall enabled,	Firewall to allow communications that
provided by the cluster.	blocking RPC communications	are required by the MSCS and the
	between the nodes.	clustered applications or services.
		For more information, see the article
		KB883398 at support.microsoft.com.

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