Small Tree's iSCSI Intiator: Could Not Connect to Host.

Since Small Tree's iSCSI announcement April 11th, the majority of users that have been approaching us seem to be very anxious to try our product. We are happy that we are continuing to make our marks inside the Apple community with useful tools like our iSCSI Initiator. Small Tree is very proud to offer this iSCSI Initiator as a Beta to you. With ongoing efforts with the community, we are working internally to develop an outstanding and reliable product with the Small Tree expertise behind it.

iSCSI Targets seem to be popping up all over the place. That said, we are aware that not all the iSCSI targets on the market will be supported in the driver's current beta status. Our iSCSI product works with many targets, including those based on wasabi, iet linux and istor, however, it may not work with all of them.

There is a common error message among targets that we do not work with. It reads;

Could not connect to host.
Target foo at address failed to respond to discovery.
Target is unavailable.

If you receive this error message it is safe to say that the target you've tried is one of those that we don't negotiate properly with. We would welcome any feedback in an email to info@small-tree.com outlining the Name and Model Number of the target in question. We can only make the suggestion that we may build in future support for additional targets in the down the road.

With great regards,

The Small Tree iSCSI Development Team

Small Tree's Internal iSCSI Testing

It's important for the community to know how far Small Tree's own internal testing has gone with our iSCSI initiator driver software (abcSAN).

With the help of you, the community, over the course of the next few weeks I will compile a larger list based on feedback that we receive with others that are testing our initiator on their iSCSI products.

We have successfully tested our iSCSI initiator software against various iSCSI targets. We felt that it would be useful to summarize what targets are being exercised by the abcSAN code.

Drumroll please ....

Wasabi
Linux IET
EqualLogic
Adaptec
AMI
iSTOR
Promise
Enhance [all work except TP8]..

If you would like to add to this list with a sucessful target that you have and do not see here, please feel free to email me and I will post it after review.

Launch The Blog!

I'd like to welcome you to the first ever Small Tree iSCSI Blog. The blog has been put in place to reach out the Small Tree iSCSI Community and give you a place to come and share your thoughts together as one. At Small Tree we are very involved with listening to the community and the feedback is encouraged. We are always working hard to bring you the best networking solutions for Mac that we possibly can.

SMALL TREE COMMUNICATIONS RELEASES abcSAN VERSION 1.0 iSCSI SOLUTION

Allows Mac OS X systems to back up their data to iSCSI network attached storage with Leopard’s Time Machine

OAKDALE, MN, April 11, 2008 — Small Tree Communications, an industry leader in providing state-of the-art networking solutions, today announced its latest release to its abcSAN iSCSI initiator product for the Apple market running OS X 10.5 Leopard. Small Tree Communications abcSAN allows multiple Mac users the ability to backup their data over their existing network providing improved reliability, security and performance over traditional local storage backup options.

“Apple users want to be able stay focused on their creative projects without having to worry about mundane tasks such as backups,” stated Corky Seeber, President of Small Tree Communications. “Version 1.0 of abcSAN makes it extremely easy for our customers to completely and quickly protect their work with OS X Time Machine, while concentrating on what is important to them.”

“Backing up several Mac Computers over the network eliminates the need to purchase several external hard drives and manage them individually, saving time and money,” commented Steve Modica, Chief Technical Officer of Small Tree Communications. “W ith abcSAN iSCSI initiator software, Macs can utilize the industry standard iSCSI protocol to backup all their data to any network attached storage system.”

“Small Tree is committed to developing and supporting network products for the Apple community that are easy to use, effective and maximize the potential of Mac’s OS X platform, added Corky Seeber.

abcSAN single-user and five-user licenses retail for $149 and $495, respectively.

About Small Tree Communications

Small Tree Communications is the Mac Networking Expert. We make networking child’s play. Small Tree provides a complete portfolio of Ethernet-based networking and storage solutions for Apple Mac OS X customers. Small Tree’s team of networking developers has extensive experience in high performance computing, and knows how to achieve the demanding application requirements of Mac customers. Small Tree also provides contracted programming services for the Department of Defense. For more information about the company and its products, please call 1-866-STC4MAC – (1-866-782-4622), or visit www.small-tree.com