Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 - download available
The Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 provides storage (disks) over a TCP/IP network. It turns a computer running Windows Server into a storage device which provides shared block storage. You can use Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 to perform a variety of storage-related tasks, including the following:
- Provide shared storage for Hyper-V to enable high availability and live migration
- Consolidate storage for multiple application servers (i.e. Microsoft SQL Server or Hyper-V)
- Provide shared storage for applications hosted on a Windows failover cluster
- Enable diskless computers to boot remotely from a single operating system image using iSCSI
The Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 is an economical solution suited for a development or test environment and a small, medium, or branch office production environment. It enables storage consolidation and sharing on a Windows Server by implementing the iSCSI (Internet Small Computer Systems Interface) protocol, which supports SCSI-block access to a storage device over a TCP/IP network. For details on how to manage iSCSI targets, see https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg232606(WS.10).aspx
This download package includes the following items:
Root:
- x64:
- iSCSItarget_public.msi: Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 service component for Windows Server 2008 R2.
- iSCSITargetClient_public.msi: Virtual Disk Service (VDS) provider, Volume Snapshot Service (VSS) provider, and high-performance computing (HPC) providers to support diskless boot in HPC clusters.
- x86:
- iSCSITargetClient_public.msi: VDS provider, VSS provider, and HPC providers to support diskless boot in HPC clusters.
- Documentation:
- iSCSItarget_Gstart_R2.doc: Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 Getting Started Guide
- iSCSI_33_relnotes.doc: Microsoft iSCSI Software Target 3.3 Release Notes
- Autorun.inf: Automatically starts Index.htm to display install options
- Index.html: Main menu page for installing software.
- Bkgd-page-servers-dynagrid.jpg: Used by Index.html.
- Copyright.jpg: Used by Index.html.
- Wsr2logo.bmp: Used by Index.html.
Go get it @ https://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=19867
Comments
Anonymous
March 30, 2012
Still not support for SMI-S?Anonymous
March 30, 2012
The SMI-S support is not in this release. Assuming you are asking for the SMI-S provider to have SCVMM to manage the iSCSI Target. If you have other usage for the SMI-S provider, I'd like to know. I'm collecting customer evidence to make a proposal. In short, we don't have any committed plans in this area, but working on it.Anonymous
March 31, 2012
Correct, I'm only looking for SMI-S for SCVMM. The iSCSI target is good for demo environments/lab scenarios, but I'd like to be able to demo the full feature set of SCVMM without having to buy new storage hardware.