Hi,
I am new to FCoE and was in the process of learning FCoE
and setting up FCoE target. I had couple of queries on FCoE which are
as below,
1. I had setup FCoE target by following the steps from this link
(http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg03299.html).
Initially I tried to setup the target on 2.6.30 kernel but was unable to
do so. From the same link, under the Issues section, it is mentioned
that Open FCoE target can be setup only on 2.6.23 kernel. This is
because of the scatterlist structure issue. From one of the mail
archives,
(http://www.open-fcoe.org/pipermail/devel/2008-August/000526.html), it
was known that there is no plan to support SW target on newer kernels.
Also, during my interaction with one of the open fcoe developer, the
older target which works with 2.6.23 is non-FIP mode, but the
development in progress is with FIP mode. The older target may or may
not work with the current generation switches since they might not
support FCoE FLOGI with non-FIP.
Meaning, practically, if switch does not support non-FIP with FCoE
FLOGI, open fcoe target cannot be setup. Is my understanding correct?
Is there no open source fcoe target that works with newer kernel?
2. If FC port on a FCoE switch is disabled and FCoE target(say for
example, open fcoe sw target on 2.6.23) is setup and connected to the
FCoE port, then there would be no FIP advertisements and FCoE FLOGI
might not work. Is this correct? If so, why would a FCoE target not do
FLOGI if FC ports are disabled?
You can have 2 fcoe switch connected to each other through the fcoe
ports (E port) with one switch hosting the fcoe target and other having
fcoe Initiator. In this case, how does it matter if the FC ports are
enabled or disabled?
Thanks and Regards,
Rama Raju Y.C.
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