VNXe3200 Initiator shows not logged in.
Summary: Initiator health status shows warning - "The initiator does not have any logged in initiator path. Check the connection between the initiator and the storage system.
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Symptoms
Add VNXe iSCSI servers interfaces in Dynamic and Static Discovery.
Initiator health status shows warning:
Initiator health status shows warning:
Cause
From ESXi host, iSCSI Software Adapters Dynamic and Static Discovery does not list any targets:
Resolution
Discovery:
A discovery is a part of the iSCSI protocol, which has set of IPs (Targets) you can communicate/access on iSCSI settings (iSCSI interfaces). Dynamic discovery obtains a list of accessible targets from the iSCSI settings -> iSCSI interfaces, while static discovery can only try to access one particular target by target name.
Dynamic Discovery:
When the initiator communicates to specified iSCSI server on VNXe, the initiator sends the Send Target request to the server. iSCSI server responds by supplying a list of available targets to the initiator. The names and IP addresses of these targets appear on the Static Discovery tab.
Static Discovery:
Static Discovery has a list of targets (IPs) it can contact and uses their IP addresses and target names to communicate with them.
To resolve this issue, we need to add VNXe iSCSI servers interfaces to iSCSI Software Adapter Discovery:
Add above iSCSI interfaces IP address and Port IQN to Discovery:
Once added, VNXe initiator health show green and status logged in:
A discovery is a part of the iSCSI protocol, which has set of IPs (Targets) you can communicate/access on iSCSI settings (iSCSI interfaces). Dynamic discovery obtains a list of accessible targets from the iSCSI settings -> iSCSI interfaces, while static discovery can only try to access one particular target by target name.
Dynamic Discovery:
When the initiator communicates to specified iSCSI server on VNXe, the initiator sends the Send Target request to the server. iSCSI server responds by supplying a list of available targets to the initiator. The names and IP addresses of these targets appear on the Static Discovery tab.
Static Discovery:
Static Discovery has a list of targets (IPs) it can contact and uses their IP addresses and target names to communicate with them.
To resolve this issue, we need to add VNXe iSCSI servers interfaces to iSCSI Software Adapter Discovery:
Add above iSCSI interfaces IP address and Port IQN to Discovery:
Once added, VNXe initiator health show green and status logged in:
Affected Products
VNXe3200Products
VNXe1600, VNXe3200Article Properties
Article Number: 000066063
Article Type: Solution
Last Modified: 07 Nov 2025
Version: 3
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