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Windows server iSCSI traffic is passing through iSCSI NIC or not

We are trying to understand if iSCSI traffic is passing through iSCSI NIC card. iSCSI connection session is showing source as Management IP/NIC. We have two separate NIC card for Management/RDP 50.3.100.x/24 & iSCSI 192.168.205.x/24.

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Edit your question to include the IP of the iSCSI target, the output of tracert to that IP, and the output of route print.

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AlexBykovskyi answered

Hey,

How is your iSCSI initiator configure? Could you share the details?
You can use Wireshark or similar tools. Filter via iSCSI protocol to analyze network traffic. https://wiki.wireshark.org/iSCSI
In addition, you can simply run diskspd benchmark and monitor network traffic in the Task Manager.
https://github.com/microsoft/diskspd

As an alternative, you can use StarWind VSAN to create iSCSI Target. Using ACL you can bound traffic to a specific NIC.
https://www.starwindsoftware.com/help/TheAccessRightsTaboftheManagementConsole.html

Cheers,

Alex Bykovskyi

StarWind Software

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