If I do an iscsiadm -m iface i get "iscsiadm: no records found!" do I have to create the ifaces files manually. I'm having difficult understanding the ifaces files and how they are used. I have some virtual hosts that can attach to storage over eth0 and eht1 as opposed to an iSCSI hba. On those systems I dont see any ifaces files.
Can someone explain to me what I need to do in my situation. iscsiadm -m iface returns no records found and I'm using a Qlogic HBA qla4xxx. any assistance would be greatly appreciated. thanks Jason On Aug 15, 7:12 pm, Mike Christie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > WonderBoy wrote: > > sorry I didnt see your response, I have not tried specifing the ifaces > > No problem. I sent it in the order I read the mails so you would have > seen the other one first :) > > > file. I'll do that here shortly and see if this works. > > Ok, just one update. Below I said it is not possible on RHEL, and it > turns out it is possible on RHEL5. So if you do > > iscsiadm -m iface > > you should see some thing about qla4xxx and some mac addresses. You can > then take the ifacename for the port you want to use and run that command > iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p ip -I iface_name_of_qlogic_card > > There are some hicups though. We do not yet get any error from qla4xxx > if something fails. So if the qlogic card has in the firmware defaults > to use CHAP or digests, but the target does not want to use them you > will not log into anything and you will not get an error. > > > > > Thanks Mike > > > Jason > > > On Aug 15, 2:58 pm, Mike Christie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> WonderBoy wrote: > >>> I cant use the Sansurfer cli, not because it doesnt work but it stamps > >>> the volume info "iqn, target ip, etc" on the card. In my situation > >>> this data cant be written to the card, and this is why I'm looking > >>> towards the open-iscsi initiator solution.. data will only be on the > >>> os. > >> That is not possible with the driver in RHEL. > > >> With the upstream kernel, if you do > > >> iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p ip -I iface_name_of_qlogic_card > > >> then it will do sendtargets discovery and log into all the targets and > >> portals found. It will not store anything on the card firmware. > > >> I think the closest you can get with iscli + qla4xxx in RHEL is just > >> storing the discovery address on the firmware. You do not need to store > >> the target, ip for every target you want to use. Just the discovrey > >> address. Maybe that will help. > > >>> The software initiator solution is what I really need to work, I have > >>> Redhat calling be back here shortly and hopefully I'll get more > >>> information. > >>> On Aug 15, 2:40 pm, "Don Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>> If you install the qlogic, iscli utility, you can use that to statically > >>>> map > >>>> the volumes. You'll need the complete IQN name and the IP address. > >>>> Usually, using SANsurfer makes life easier, even if you have to run the > >>>> X > >>>> window to another server. Are you using RHEL v4.x or v5.x? > >>>> What iSCSI target are you using? > >>>> Don > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >>>> Behalf Of WonderBoy > >>>> Sent: Friday, August 15, 2008 4:44 PM > >>>> To: open-iscsi > >>>> Subject: Re: Redhat 5 Qlogic HBA discovering new targets > >>>> I can boot off of the card fine using the Redhat driver or the > >>>> Qlogic driver, but I'm not using software initiate for boot. > >>>> I'm looking to discover and login to additional storage that I > >>>> allocate to this server. I need the open-iscsi driver to login through > >>>> the HBA as well, I cant use front end network interfaces. I dont care > >>>> if I use the Redhat driver or the Qlogic driver for open-iscsi, I have > >>>> tried both and neither work. > >>>> I just need the iscsi client to discover my iscsi targets. Is this > >>>> even possible at this point with the version of open-iscsi that is > >>>> available. > >>>> thanks for the help > >>>> Jason > >>>> On Aug 15, 1:11 pm, Konrad Rzeszutek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> On Fri, Aug 15, 2008 at 12:52:10PM -0700, WonderBoy wrote: > >>>>>> I'm currently working with Redhat to try and acomplish the following > >>>>>> and I'm wondering if anyone knows if this can be done or not? > >>>>>> Mount iSCSI target through Qlogic iSCSI HBA, not eth0 or eth1, and > >>>>>> discover and login to storage targets. In the documentation it says > >>>>>> you can mount storage through the HBA but I'm not having any success. > >>>>> I don't think it was ever possible without downloading QLogic drivers. > >>>>> In fact, I am sure about this b/c that was the only way I could > >>>>> configure the driver using the SANSurfer and was told that > >>>>> the future versions of SANSurfer will support the new 'qla4xxx' > >>>>> driver. > >>>>>> any suggestions.. > >>>>> Get the QLogic driver.. and e-mail the QLogic developers (you can find > >>>>> their names in the qla4xxx.c driver) asking for a SANsurfer that works. > >>>>>> I currently have a ticket open with Redhat and they are scratching > >>>>>> their heads. > >>>>>> thanks > >>>>>> Jason- Hide quoted text - > >>>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > >>>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "open-iscsi" group. 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