I did some extensive tests over the w/e... as I couldn't determine what the problem was. Downgraded to ESXi 5.0 without success, then tried to go back to StarWind 5.8 Build 2059 : still no luck! Eventually, I found the answer: you absolutely MUST set a target name (in addition to the target alias), ...

Hi, I'm using StarWind iSCSI Server 6.0 Build 4768... and since I've upgraded my ESXi 5.0 to 5.1, iSCSI datastore connections are very unstable. Network interfaces are part of the VMware HCL : Intel I350-T4. These are dedicated to network iSCSI storage. Pings are OK between the ESXi 5.1 server and t...