Off topic ?

[Paul Koning]

Not sure if this is off topic, but anyway..

I used Atto years ago, haven't in a long time.  Don't remember GlobalSAN.  There was also one with "tree" in its name, don't remember its full name and I think they shut down. 

The odd thing is that Apple doesn't have one of its own.  Way back around 2005 or so they were planning to; I may even have seen a beta of it but that may be a bad memory.  But nothing actually shipped.

Some searches turned up a few bits of info.  One is an open initiator on Github, and a note about it on a list that says turning it on requires disabling some security mechanisms because it's not signed.  Perhaps you have the ability to sign your own copy to avoid that.

Another is a product called KernSafe that says it has a free Mac OS iSCSI initiator (they also sell a target).  I know nothing about it, never tried it.

Finally, I found an announcement from GlobalSAN saying they now have Catalina support.  So perhaps "broken" has been fixed.

	paul

> On Aug 25, 2020, at 4:15 PM, 821--- via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
> 
> I have a Mac mini os-x 10.15/16 11. 
> 
> I’m Really trying to find a working Iscsi Initiator 
> Software.  Yeah looked at atto 200 bucks
> GlobalSan broken. 
> 
> Who is using their Mac with an iScsi drive 
> Attached storage ? 
> 
> Help appreciated.  
> 
> K.