2
Goals / Expectations ........................................................................................................... 3
Environment........................................................................................................................ 3
Hardware Used................................................................................................................ 3
Network Topology.......................................................................................................... 3
Initial Router Setup......................................................................................................... 4
Initial Disk Setup ............................................................................................................ 4
Test cases ............................................................................................................................ 4
Software Initiator (no HBA)........................................................................................... 4
Linux Setup................................................................................................................. 4
Windows Setup........................................................................................................... 4
Router Lun Mapping................................................................................................... 5
Test Results – Software Initiator................................................................................. 5
Hardware Initiator (using QLA4050c HBA).................................................................. 7
Linux Setup................................................................................................................. 7
Windows Setup........................................................................................................... 7
Test Results – QLA4050c Initiator............................................................................. 9
Analysis............................................................................................................................. 10
Looking Ahead.................................................................................................................. 11
Listing 1 – Iozone startup script........................................................................................ 12
Listing 2 – Test results raw output.................................................................................... 13
Appendix A - Endnotes..................................................................................................... 17
