> > > Thanks Kenneth ! We have FCoE initiator up, on Fedora 16 / 3.1 Kernel. My > impression was that FCoE was native there. Fcoe stack should be good in FC16, initiator and target, I never tried on FC16 though.
> > What is the relationship between TCM and FCST targets ? Which one is > better maintained recently ? Your question about the target infrastructure difference is beyond this mailing list. For FCoE, tcm_fc kernel model that does the FCoE protocol in TCM target infrastructure While fcst, as I recall, is the similar one you need for FCoE based target in the SCST target infrastructure. > > I'll use RHEL 6.2 for the target. Do we really need to upgrade target > machine to 3.1 Kernel ? Wouldn't 2.6.34 closer to your instructions ? For upstream, TCM target is in kernel since 2.6.38 I think, and fcoe (tcm_fc) target support there was added till 3.0 kernel. For RHEL, AFAUK, 6.2 has TCM and tcm_fc yi > > Thanks for your help. > > > > > From: kenneth.zh...@intel.com > To: igvk2...@hotmail.com; devel@open-fcoe.org > Subject: RE: [Open-FCoE] Specific distro for fcst / scst > Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 23:08:13 +0000 > > > > > > > Not sure where you failed the build the target and what message you got. > > The problem with Fedora is that FCoE is not native so you must install > FCoE and user space utilities correctly. I am not sure whether you have > got FCoE initiator up and running first. Since FCoE is native to RHEL > 6.1 and newer (or SLES 11 SP1 and newer), you will have much less of > issue when using RHEL6.1 or 6.2. > > For a fresh installation of RHEL62 (both initiator and target), do the > following to bring up DCB and FCoE interface (Examples below using > interface eth2) > - start lldpad and fcoe > service lldpad start > service fcoe start > - bring up dcb > dcbtool sc eth2 dcb on > dcbtool sc eth2 pfc e:1 a:1 w:1 > dcbtool sc eth2 app:0 e:1 > - copy cfg-ethx file > cp /etc/fcoe/cfg-ethx /etc/fcoe/cfg-eth2 > - restart fcoe > service fcoe start > > Now, on target host, > - build new kernel (3.1 kernel should work but you may try more > recent kernel 3.2 or 3.3); note that some modules listed in the > instructions may not be there in newer kernel > - build user mode tool lio-utils > > Build target > - start target service > - create a target (see example in the quick guide); make sure > correct WWPN are used for your initiator and target > > If you are using a FCoE switch (FCF), you need to configure proper zoning > before the initiator can see LUNs from the target. > If you do not use FCF, VN-to-VN interface can connect initiator to the > target. Now, start vn2vn on both target and initiator, start target > first. > > > > From: Igor [mailto:igvk2...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 11:33 AM > To: Zhang, Kenneth; devel@open-fcoe.org > Subject: RE: [Open-FCoE] Specific distro for fcst / scst > > > We were following these instructions on Fedora 16 with 3.1 Kernel, to no > avail. It may be partially related to the fact that we are using vn-to-vn > connection (so the sequence of instructions does not seem to be correct, > as > > echo <interface> > /sys/module/libfcoe/parameters/create_vn2vn > > has to be done much earlier, and "create_vn2vn" is present in fcoe module, > but not in libfcoe. > > Also some of the build steps fail. So we woyuld like to use exact distro, > for which instrutions are valid. Would it be RHEL61 ? > > Your help will be highly appreciated. > > > > > > > From: kenneth.zh...@intel.com > > To: igvk2...@hotmail.com; devel@open-fcoe.org > > Subject: RE: [Open-FCoE] Specific distro for fcst / scst > > Date: Sun, 18 Mar 2012 16:02:31 +0000 > > > > Not sure which kernel you are using. For this target to work, you need > to use 2.6.39 and higher kernel. It is preferable to use 3.x kernel. You > can follow the instructions here > > http://www.open-fcoe.org/open-fcoe/wiki/tcm-fcoe-target-guide > > > > Note that the instructions were for base OS of RHEL6.1 and older kernel. > So some steps may not necessarily apply, but the basic procedures are > still valid. > > > > Can you try RHEL62 and 3.2 kernel? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: devel-boun...@open-fcoe.org [mailto:devel-boun...@open-fcoe.org] > On Behalf Of Igor > > Sent: Sunday, March 18, 2012 2:00 AM > > To: devel@open-fcoe.org > > Subject: [Open-FCoE] Specific distro for fcst / scst > > > > > > After several unsuccessful attempts to build FCoE target on Fedora 16, > could somebody please suggest a more specific solution - I mean, what > specific distro, and Kernel, should we use to be able to build an FCoE > target based on fcst / scst (or any other publicly available project) ? > > _______________________________________________ > > devel mailing list > > devel@open-fcoe.org > > https://lists.open-fcoe.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > devel@open-fcoe.org > https://lists.open-fcoe.org/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@open-fcoe.org https://lists.open-fcoe.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
