******************************************************************************* Release notes for Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator 2.03 Build version for files updated since version 2.0 is 5.2.3790.3099. Binaries that have not been changed since version 2.0 release are 5.2.3790.1653 2.0x Version history: version 2.0 5.2.3790.1653 version 2.01 5.2.3790.1748 version 2.02 5.2.3790.1895 version 2.03 5.2.3790.3099 ******************************************************************************* * This is a dual-mode package. If iSCSI 2.0 or higher is installed, it will update just the files that include fixes which are the following: msiscsi.sys version 5.2.3790.3099 iscsiwmi.dll version 5.2.3790.3099 relnotes.txt version 5.2.3790.3099 mpdev.sys 1.17.3790.1759 (version 1.17 is the most current version of the Microsoft MPIO binaries as of 9-13-06) mpdev.inf 1.17.3790.1759 (version 1.17 is the most version of the Microsoft MPIO binaries as of 9-13-06) mpspfltr.sys 1.17.3790.1759 (version 1.17 is the most version of the Microsoft MPIO binaries as of 9-13-06) Please note that the size and date of mpio binaries in the iSCSI initiator package will not appear to be exactly the same as the size of the files released as 1.17. The build date of the 1.17 binaries maps to the build date of the iSCSI initiator package. However, the 1.17 binaries included are the same as binaries released as MS MPIO 1.17. If a previous version of the 2.0x Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator is not installed, this will install the full package. The result in both cases will be the same set of binaries with all binaries listed above having the updated version stamp for version 2.03. All other binaries remain at previous version levels or at 5.2.3790.1653 if the file has not been updated since the 2.0 release * Please see the iSCSI Initiator User's Guide for more information on installation and troubleshooting. * The checked and retail versions of the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator will only install on retail version builds of Windows. There is no package that installs on checked builds of Windows. * iSCSI Initiator 2.0x is installed directly to the appropriate locations under the %windir% directory. Documentation is installed under %windir%\iscsi. * Dynamic disks on an iSCSI session are not supported. Please see the iSCSI users guide for more information. * Both initiator and target CHAP secrets should be greater than or equal to 12 bytes, and less than or equal to 16 bytes if IPsec is not being used. It should be greater than 1 byte and less than or equal to 16 bytes if IPsec is being used. * Note that the default iSCSI node name is generated from the Windows computer name. If the Windows computer name contains a character that would be invalid within an iSCSI node name, such as '_', then the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator service will convert the invalid character to '-'. * If you have automatic start services that relies upon an iSCSI volume or device, please see the user's guide for information on configuring those devices. * If user requests CHAP for logon authentication, initiator will set AuthMethod to CHAP in logon request. If the target returns None for AuthMethod, initiator will fail the login with status "Authentication Failure". An event will be logged in system event log to indicate that the initiator required CHAP but target did not offer CHAP. If the target returns an authentication method other than CHAP, when the initiator requests CHAP, initiator will fail the login with status "Authentication Failure". An event will be logged in system event log to indicate that the target offered an auth method that the initiator did not understand. * If the target returns CHECK CONDITION for a scsi request, but does not provide sense data, initiator will complete the request with status target error. Initiator does not treat the target behavior as a protocol error. * The Microsoft iSCSI control panel applet includes a Session Detils window that can be accessed by clicking the Details button in the Active Sessions tab. Note that the Path information displayed for each device is only available on Windows 2003 server. * The iSCSI control panel applet does not create an icon in the system tray. If the applet is in the background, you can switch to it by using the ALT-TAB key combination or by double clicking on the icon that launches it. ******************************************************************************* Changes since Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator 2.02 release 1. Change to not increase the ExpStatSN if ITT is reserved value for Nop-IN. 2. Fix for system bugcheck in certain conditions after completing error recovery for 5 consecutive lun resets. 3. Change to include Microsoft MPIO version 1.17 binaries in iSCSI initiator 2.03 4. Fix for memory leak which occurs in the Wmiprvse.exe process when a program calls an instance of the "CWin32_TerminalService::ExecQuery" function in Windows Server 2003 5. Fix for stop error 0xDA on some x64 hardware implementations. 6. Validate Max Connections parameter in LoginTarget. 7. Allow logout from Boot Session in case booted from Alternate device. For additional information, please see the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator users guide and the following industry specifications: * iSCSI spec - RFC3720 * String Profile for iSCSI Names (http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-ips-iscsi-string-prep-04.txt) * Preparation of Internationalized Strings ("stringprep") (RFC 3454) * UTF-8, a transformation format of Unicode and ISO 10646 (RFC 2044)