Hi Donald, Thanks a lot ! That was a very nice explanation...Now the concept is clear to me :) !
On Friday, January 10, 2020 at 7:40:34 PM UTC+1, Donald Williams wrote: > > Hello, > You are very welcome. > > Also, iSCSI offload cards like the Broadcom (Now owned by Qlogic) are > typically called "dependent hardware initiators'. Since it depends on > connection to the OS network stack to make it fully functional. Otherwise, > it behaves just like a standard NIC. > > Cards that completely offload the network and iSCSI functions are known as > "Independent hardware initiators'. Since they don't require that OS > network connection. They appear solely as a SCSI adapter to the OS. All > the network configuration is done on the card. Qlogic used to make the > best examples of this. The Qlogic 4xxx series iSCSI HBAs. Now you see > this in cards that support DCB, they are called "Converged Network > Adapters" CNAs. Since very few Software Initiators support DCB naively > the card has to handle everything. > > Regards, > Don > > > > On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 11:18 AM Bobby <italien...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> ah OK thanks ! >> >> >> On Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 7:35:07 PM UTC+1, Donald Williams wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> It is referring to iSCSI HBA cards like Broadcom BCM58xx/57xxx or just >>> using a standard NIC and the Software iSCSI adapter open-iSCSI provides. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Don >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 11:57 AM Bobby <italien...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Under section "How to setup iSCSI interfaces (iface) for binding" of >>>> README, there is this paragraph: >>>> >>>> " To manage both types of initiator stacks, iscsiadm uses the interface >>>> (iface) >>>> structure. For each HBA port or for software iscsi for each network >>>> device (ethX) or NIC, that you wish to bind sessions to you must create >>>> a iface config /etc/iscsi/ifaces. " >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Here I am confused. Which both types of initiator stacks we mean here? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks ! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "open-iscsi" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to open-...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/open-iscsi/587116d0-ebce-45b9-b5cf-e6fbc3437b41%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/open-iscsi/587116d0-ebce-45b9-b5cf-e6fbc3437b41%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "open-iscsi" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to open-...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/open-iscsi/566e8911-552e-4dbf-afd5-89c156929bf1%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/open-iscsi/566e8911-552e-4dbf-afd5-89c156929bf1%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "open-iscsi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to open-iscsi+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/open-iscsi/df9596a8-aa02-4679-bdfa-8027d497815e%40googlegroups.com.
