Static discoveries are not configured for hardware iSCSI initiators.

ESX Server uses two types of methods to determine what storage resources are available for access by the iSCSI initiators on the network. These methods are dynamic discovery and static discovery. With dynamic discovery, the initiator discovers iSCSI targets by sending a SendTargets request to a specified target address. The target device responds by forwarding a list of additional targets that the initiator is allowed to access. The static discovery method uses the SendTargets request and returned is the list of available targets. Targets are listed on the static discovery list. This list may be modified by the storage administrator by adding or removing targets. The static discovery method is available only with the hardware-initiated storage. Hardware iSCSI initiators will use static discovery since it reduces the likelihood of connecting to some rogue target since all the targets are defined in the static list.