Hi Christopher.
There is a quick start guide fro CLARiiON, but I'll review it
once again for Linux iSCSI.
Rgeards,
Wayne.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher
McCrory
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2007 11:37 AM
To: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Tikanga) Beta releases discussion
mailing-list
Subject: RE: [rhelv5-beta-list] qlogic FC HBA/ EMC
Hello...
On Wed, February 28, 2007 8:24 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi Christopher.
>
Thanks for replying
> 1.) These messages are from the SCSI midlayer's inquiry of the device.
> It assumes that there is no cache beacause it is not aware of the DGC
> type device. These are just warnings and are not indicative of the
> CLARiiONs cache not being operable. The cache in the CLARiiON is set
on
> an SP basis for raed and on both SPs for write. You can verify the
> setting trough the Cache tab under the array properties in your
> Navisphere manager.
OK, both read and write cache are enabled. (It would be nice to be able
to increase the memory for write cache as it has a max)
> 2.) Presently, QlLogic is working on getting a SANsurfer and scli
ready
> for the RHEL 5.0 release with the inbox driver. The present SANsurfer
> and scli posted on the website will not work with the inbox driver.
The
> inbox driver is a sysfs() based driver and accepted upstream by the
> Linux community unlike like the out of box drivers from QLogic that
are
> QLogic IOCTL based. Please continue to use the inbox driver for an EMC
> supported configuration.
can do. I would recommend posting here (or rhel5-list@ when active)
when
qlogic/emc has something available.
> 3.) The out of box driver you mentioned will not work in the RHEL 5.0
> kernel and is not supported by Red Hat or EMC for use with EMC
qualified
> configurations.
>
I like that much better. :) I had this EMC on a RHEL3 server until a
few
weeks ago. All the extra software was a PITA, especially during kernel
upgrades.
I would also recommend a "quick start" guide to adding an EMC array only
using the built in RHEL5 tools (plus SanSurfer) even if the
functionality
is reduced.
thanks again for the info.
> Regards,
> Wayne.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher
> McCrory
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 8:17 PM
> To: RHEL5
> Subject: [rhelv5-beta-list] qlogic FC HBA/ EMC
>
> Hello...
>
> I am testing RHEL5 with an EMC CX300 array with a QLogic QLA2340
> HBA.
> Maybe someone else on the list is using these or can shed some light
on
> me. ( I'm not an EMC guru )
>
> 1:
> sdc: cache data unavailable
> sdc: assuming drive cache: write through
>
> This EMC has a big heavy battery. I would think write back cache
> would increase performance. Is this a qlogic driver issue or a EMC
> config issue?
>
>
> 2: SANsurferCLI
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmp]$ sudo /opt/QLogic_Corporation/SANsurferCLI/scli -g
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------
> Host Name : orac
> OS Type : Linux - Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client
> release 4.92 x86_64
> OS Version : 2.6.18-1.2747.el5
> FO API Version : 2.3.2
> SDM API Version : v2.03 build13
>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
> ------
> Info: No compatible HBA(s) found in current system !
>
>
> But it is there and all the lights are green. ? ? ?
>
>
>
> 3: I tried to compile qlogic's driver (qla2xxx-v8.01.06-dist.tgz)
> thinking it might help with #1 and #2, but get lots of errors.
>
>
> QLA2XXX -- Building the qla2xxx driver, please wait...
> make: Entering directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-1.2747.el5-x86_64'
> scripts/Makefile.build:23: kbuild:
/tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06/Makefile
> - Usage of host-progs is deprecated. Please replace with hostprogs-y!
> CC [M] /tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06/qla_os.o
> CC [M] /tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06/qla2xxx_conf.o
> /tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06/qla2xxx_conf.c: In function 'conf_init':
> /tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06/qla2xxx_conf.c:29: error: implicit
> declaration of function 'inter_module_register'
> /tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06/qla2xxx_conf.c: In function 'conf_exit':
> /tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06/qla2xxx_conf.c:35: error: implicit
> declaration of function 'inter_module_unregister'
> make[1]: *** [/tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06/qla2xxx_conf.o] Error 1
> make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> /tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06/qla_os.c: In function
> 'qla2x00_ioctl_error_recovery':
> /tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06/qla_os.c:5356: warning: unused variable
> 'flags'
> /tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06/qla_os.c: In function
> 'qla2x00_cleanup_module_exit':
> /tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06/qla_os.c:5392: error: implicit declaration
> of function 'inter_module_put'
> /tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06/qla_os.c: In function
'qla2x00_module_init':
> /tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06/qla_os.c:5440: error: implicit declaration
> of function 'inter_module_get_request'
> /tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06/qla_os.c:5441: warning: cast to pointer
from
> integer of different size
> make[1]: *** [/tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06/qla_os.o] Error 1
> make: *** [_module_/tmp/qlogic/qla2xxx-8.01.06] Error 2
> make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/kernels/2.6.18-1.2747.el5-x86_64'
> QLA2XXX -- Failed.
>
> ? ? ?
>
>
>
>
> The whole unit works. I can see and format the FC LUNS, but it would
be
> nice if I could get more more performance and use the cli tools. Has
> anyone run into similar problems?
>
> TIA
>
>
> --
> Christopher McCrory
> "The^W One of the guys that keeps the servers running"
>
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