[email protected] wrote: > >> -----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.. > Broadcom NetXtreme II CNIC Driver cnic v2.1.0 (Oct 10, 2009) cnic: Added CNIC device: eth0 cnic: Added CNIC device: eth1 Broadcom NetXtreme II iSCSI Driver bnx2i v2.1.0 (Dec 06, 2009) iscsi: registered transport (bnx2i) scsi1 : Broadcom Offload iSCSI Initiator scsi2 : Broadcom Offload iSCSI Initiator iscsi: registered transport (tcp) iscsi: registered transport (iser) iscsi: registered transport (be2iscsi)
> Also see if you can restart iscsid. ( The difference is that iscsid reloads > the bnx2i driver.) > No luck. I'm afraid. A reboot hangs also because it tries to login to the target over this bnx2i interface 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
