There is a thread going on in the open-iscsi list about the bnx2i driver. I believe, but haven't tested, that the version of the driver in rhel 6 beta works but currently not 5.5. I see exactly the same issue on my r610s.
Tarun On Monday, May 17, 2010, Clint Dilks <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On 15/05/10 03:48, Gianluca Cecchi wrote: > > On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 5:40 PM, Gianluca > Cecchi <[email protected]> > wrote: > [snip] > > > But actually I can connect only with one card and only to one > node..... ;-( > > [snip] > > > > > Just a correction/clarification: the single interface that can > connect to the EQL, CAN see all the three volumes (in my latest test I > ran a login to a single target volume) > In fact the command: > > [r...@orasvi2 LINUX]# iscsiadm --mode node --portal 10.10.100.30:3260 > -I bnx2i.00:10:18:58:e8:f9 --login > > > now returns > Logging in to [iface: bnx2i.00:10:18:58:e8:f9, target: > iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-8a0906-97d4b5e06-596000000264bc83-blg9-vol3, > portal: 10.10.100.30,3260] > Logging in to [iface: bnx2i.00:10:18:58:e8:f9, target: > iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-8a0906-8904b5e06-b66000000204bc83-blg9-vol1, > portal: 10.10.100.30,3260] > Logging in to [iface: bnx2i.00:10:18:58:e8:f9, target: > iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-8a0906-94c4b5e06-df9000000234bc83-blg9-vol2, > portal: 10.10.100.30,3260] > Login to [iface: bnx2i.00:10:18:58:e8:f9, target: > iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-8a0906-97d4b5e06-596000000264bc83-blg9-vol3, > portal: 10.10.100.30,3260]: successful > Login to [iface: bnx2i.00:10:18:58:e8:f9, target: > iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-8a0906-8904b5e06-b66000000204bc83-blg9-vol1, > portal: 10.10.100.30,3260]: successful > iscsiadm: Could not login to [iface: bnx2i.00:10:18:58:e8:f9, > target: > iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-8a0906-94c4b5e06-df9000000234bc83-blg9-vol2, > portal: 10.10.100.30,3260]: > iscsiadm: initiator reported error (15 - already exists) > > > > and the other two volumes get connected (while the previous one > correctly gets the "already exists" error) > . > So that > > # multipath -l > gives: > > > vol3 (36090a068e0b5d49783bc640200006059) dm-6 EQLOGIC,100E-00 > [size=200G][features=1 queue_if_no_path][hwhandler=0][rw] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active] > \_ 2:0:1:0 sdd 8:48 [active][undef] > vol2 (36090a068e0b5c49483bc3402000090df) dm-3 EQLOGIC,100E-00 > [size=200G][features=1 queue_if_no_path][hwhandler=0][rw] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active] > \_ 2:0:0:0 sdb 8:16 [active][undef] > vol1 (36090a068e0b5048983bc0402000060b6) dm-4 EQLOGIC,100E-00 > [size=200G][features=1 queue_if_no_path][hwhandler=0][rw] > \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active] > \_ 2:0:2:0 sdc 8:32 [active][undef] > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-PowerEdge mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge > Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq > > My own testing with Dell over a 3 - 4 month period found that if you > are using Broadcom NICS the technology simply does not work. Dell > suppy a driver that is suposed to enable iscsi offloading and seems > to. But this driver is only compatible with an older version of open > iscsi that will only support single path rather than multi-path > configurations. > > > > > _______________________________________________ Linux-PowerEdge mailing list [email protected] https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge Please read the FAQ at http://lists.us.dell.com/faq
