> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-poweredge-bounces-Lists On Behalf Of Ton Damen > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 10:40 AM > To: linux-poweredge-Lists > Subject: Getting iscsi offload on a M610 to work > > Hi, > > I'm trying to get offload iscsi (rhel 5.5) to work on a PowerEdge M610 > and bnx2i. > The thing is that I get it to work through the normal tcp/ip stack but > not by specifying an iface which suppose to do offload iscsi. > The discovery step works, but as I understood, this goes through the > normal ip routing. The login step however just hangs. > Here are some configuration details: > > # lspci: > 01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709S > Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20) > 01:00.1 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5709S > Gigabit Ethernet (rev 20) > > > # ifconfig eth1 > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:B9:FD:41:42 > inet addr:172.16.17.19 Bcast:172.16.17.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::226:b9ff:fefd:4142/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:604 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:61 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:141966 (138.6 KiB) TX bytes:8996 (8.7 KiB) > Interrupt:24 Memory:dc000000-dc012800 > > # iscsiadm -m iface > default tcp,<empty>,<empty>,<empty>,<empty> > iser iser,<empty>,<empty>,<empty>,<empty> > bnx2i.00:26:b9:fd:41:41 bnx2i,00:26:b9:fd:41:41,172.16.17.21,<empty>,<empty> > bnx2i.00:26:b9:fd:41:43 bnx2i,00:26:b9:fd:41:43,172.16.17.20,<empty>,<empty> > bnx2i.00:00:00:00:00:00 bnx2i,00:00:00:00:00:00,<empty>,<empty>,<empty> > > # iscsiadm -m iface -I bnx2i.00:26:b9:fd:41:43 > # BEGIN RECORD 2.0-871 > iface.iscsi_ifacename = bnx2i.00:26:b9:fd:41:43 > iface.net_ifacename = <empty> > iface.ipaddress = 172.16.17.20 > iface.hwaddress = 00:26:b9:fd:41:43 > iface.transport_name = bnx2i > iface.initiatorname = <empty> > # END RECORD > > Then running: > > # iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p 172.16.17.243 -I bnx2i.00:26:b9:fd:41:43 > 172.16.17.243:3260,1 iqn.2002-10.com.infortrend:raid.sn7740362.101 > # > > and > > # iscsiadm -m node -T iqn.2002-10.com.infortrend:raid.sn7740362.101 --login > Logging in to [iface: bnx2i.00:26:b9:fd:41:43, target: > iqn.2002-10.com.infortrend:raid.sn7740362.101, portal: 172.16.17.243,3260] >
Do you have an offload key plugged into the motherboard. If not you might see offload not supported messages in /var/log/messages.. Also see if you can restart iscsid. ( The difference is that iscsid reloads the bnx2i driver.) -Shyam > just hangs. > > Any ideas? > > Best regards, > Ton > > -- > A.C.M. Damen > Computer Technologie Groep > NIKHEF - Dutch National Institute for Sub-atomic Physics > Kruislaan 409 1098 SJ Amsterdam > Tel. +3125925121 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
