On 19/02, [email protected] wrote:
> Hi Gorka
>
> I did a general search of AEN/AER, looks like they had been
> obsoleted: 
> http://www.santrainingblog.com/2010/04/asynchronous-event-notification-aen/
>
>   Notice that AEN/AER was removed in sam3 (scsi architectural model 3,
> sam3r14 release in 2004/09/21).
>   Current sam4 (sam4r14) and last sam5 SCSI draft (sam5r04) no more speak
> about AEN/AER.
>
>   The last reference of AER was in sam2 (sam2r24 2002/09/12) and spc2r20
> (2001/07/18).

Yes, AEN/AER is not supported by all arrays, but there are a lot of
storage arrays out there that actually support it.

>
> Thanks
> Peter
> 在 2017年2月18日星期六 UTC+8上午12:04:54,Gorka Eguileor写道:
> >
> > On 17/02, [email protected] <javascript:> 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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