On 17/02, wangxu198...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hi Gorka
>
> Definitely, the "AEN/AER" approach deserves a try, I will let you know if
> it's applicable for my situation.
>
> For the sysfs way, do you mean echo a command to the host like below:
>
> echo "c t l" > "/sys/class/scsi_host/host#/scan"
>

Yes, replacing c, t, l, and # with the corresponding values.

You can find it explained in here
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/5/html/Online_Storage_Reconfiguration_Guide/adding_storage-device-or-path.html

Cheers,
Gorka.

>
> Thanks
> Peter
>
> 在 2017年2月15日星期三 UTC+8下午11:52:19,Gorka Eguileor写道:
> >
> > On 15/02, Peter Wang wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I am investing new ways to discover LUN exposed by iSCSI targets.
> > >
> > > Currently, most of tools/libs are using user land shell commands
> > "iscsiadm"
> > > to login targets or rescan new LUNs.
> > > sometimes, as I observed, the rescan is time-consuming. in
> > high-concurrency
> > > environment, the overhead by executing massive shell commands cannot be
> > > ignored.
> > >
> > > So, my question is: can we use socket or other efficient ways to trigger
> > > actions that we do with "iscsiadm"?
> > >
> > > Appreciate if you can help on this.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Peter
> > >
> >
> > Hi Peter,
> >
> > I'm no expert, but if you are already logged in and your target supports
> > AEN/AER packets, then iscsid will automatically send a scan request to
> > discover changed LUNs, and if it doesn't support it you could use the
> > sysfs interface from your code and request a scan writing "c t l" (where
> > c=channel t=target l=lun and wildcard - can be used) to
> > /sys/class/scsi_host/host#/scan.
> >
> > I know this is not what you were looking for, but maybe it can alleviate
> > your issues until someone with more knowledge gives you the silver
> > bullet you wanted.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Gorka.
> >
>
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