> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ton Damen [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 11:07 AM
> To: Iyer, Shyam
> Cc: linux-poweredge-Lists
> Subject: Re: Getting iscsi offload on a M610 to work
> 
> [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)
>
You will see the messages when the login is being attempted and not during 
driver load. 
 
> > 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
> 

1) Does the BIOS have "Windows MBA mode" Enabled.  This also can cause login to 
not occur. 

You can find this option in the CTRL+K option on the Broadcom Nic option ROM 
during post.

2) Do you see any segfault messages in the /var/log/messages for brcm_iscsiuio ?

3) Using ps command can you determine if the brcm_iscsuio daemon is still 
running ?

4) If you could post your /var/log/messages and /var/log/brcm-iscsi.log to some 
paste-bin, equivalent that would be great. Or send me over email.

-Shyam
> 
> 
> --
> A.C.M. Damen
> Computer Technologie Groep
> NIKHEF - Dutch National Institute for Sub-atomic Physics
> Kruislaan 409 1098 SJ Amsterdam
> Tel. +3125925121


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