Re: Antw: Re: Connection faillure RHEL 5.5 bnx2i

2010-09-10 Thread Michael Wolf


On 6 Sep., 11:36, "Ulrich Windl" 
wrote:
> >>> Michael Wolf  schrieb am 06.09.2010 um 10:54 in Nachricht
>
> <4c9e0ac7-c76b-49b8-9a38-67f9cba19...@q2g2000yqq.googlegroups.com>:
>
> > I am not able to connect with nx2i protocol. Why?
>
> Ethereal / Wireshark, maybe?

Hi all,

I think I was able to find a solution for the connectivity failures.
1) For the connectivity beetween hosts and EQ box I use DELL 6248
switches. The hosts interfacese, switches and EQ box are confiured to
use jumbo frames (MTU=9000). The reason for my connectivity problems
was, that the DELL switches need to be configured with Maximum Frame
Size = 9216. 9000 is not enougth. After changing this parameter it
works. The other option is to use standard frame size on all devices
MTU 1500.
2) The Broadcom adapters and there aktual driver does not support
multipathing. I was able to connect with one adapter whithout problem,
but I was not able to get an second connection to the EQ-Box.

Thanks for your help.
Michael

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Antw: Re: Connection faillure RHEL 5.5 bnx2i

2010-09-06 Thread Ulrich Windl
>>> Michael Wolf  schrieb am 06.09.2010 um 10:54 in Nachricht
<4c9e0ac7-c76b-49b8-9a38-67f9cba19...@q2g2000yqq.googlegroups.com>:
> I am not able to connect with nx2i protocol. Why?
> 

Ethereal / Wireshark, maybe?


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Re: Connection faillure RHEL 5.5 bnx2i

2010-09-06 Thread Michael Wolf


On 4 Sep., 17:42, Michael Wolf  wrote:
> On 4 Sep., 02:49, "Benjamin Li"  wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi Michael,
>
> > My responses are below:
>
> > On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 11:51 -0700, Mike Christie wrote:
> > > On 09/03/2010 10:06 AM, Michael Wolf wrote:
> > > > Sep  3 16:47:35 ora-db-rac1-04 iscsid: Received iferror -1
> > > > Sep  3 16:47:35 ora-db-rac1-04 iscsid: cannot make a connection to
> > > > 10.10.77.10:3260 (-1,11)
> > > > Sep  3 16:47:40 ora-db-rac1-04 kernel: bnx2i [02:00.00]: ISCSI_INIT
> > > > passed
>
> > > Are both network interfaces for the offload cards ifup'd, have a ip
> > > address on the same subnet as the iscsi offload card, and started ok?
>
> > Could you provide the iface files you are using, the /var/log/messsage
> > logs, the /var/log/brcm-iscsi.log, and a network trace when the
> > connection fails?  This will definitely help in debugging this problem.
>
> > > > Any idea what I am missing?
> > > > Is bnx2i driver able to connect with multiple paths on RHEL 5.5?
>
> > > It works here. I have not tired it when they are all on the same subnet,
> > > but from some of the bug fix patches it looks like broadcom has been
> > > testing equalogic/dell targets so I think they have. ccing them.
>
> > Our PQA has tested this configuration, but you need to specify 1 iface
> > per path and specify the device using the MAC address of the HBA via the
> > 'iface.hwaddress' field of the iface.
>
> > Thanks again.
>
> > -Ben
>
> @Mike
> Both networkinterfaces are up and running. Connection with TCP
> protocol on these interfaces is no problem.
> Tey have IP addesses 10.10.77.163 and 10.10.77.164, which is the same
> subnet as the bnx2i interfaces 10.10.77.63 and 10.10.77.64.
> The netmask is 255.255.255.0. The EQ box has only one Group IP address
> 10.10.77.10.
> I have found informations in the internet, that broadcon does not
> support multpath connection with more than one adapter, because of
> driver problems.
>
> @Ben
> I'm not in the office today, I will deliver the logs on monday. /var/
> log/messages and iface files are included in my first posting.
> The server has four broadcom dual port cards. For my first test I used
> only one internal dual adapter. eth2 and eth3 are on one broadcom
> interface with separete HW adresses. Might that be a problem?
> I will test with two iface on two separate broadcom cards on monday.
>
> Thanks again.
> Michael

Monday morning, another try...
I will try to set up ONE bnx2i interface to connect with my EQ box.
I will use eth4 for that test.
eth4 is up and running:

eth4  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:18:64:98:B8
  inet addr:10.10.77.165  Bcast:10.10.77.255  Mask:
255.255.255.0
  inet6 addr: fe80::210:18ff:fe64:98b8/64 Scope:Link
  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
  RX packets:569 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
  TX packets:310 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
  collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
  RX bytes:162620 (158.8 KiB)  TX bytes:101138 (98.7 KiB)
  Interrupt:122 Memory:d600-d6012800

with these iface file I am able to connect with TCP protocol.

[r...@ora-db-rac1-04 ~]# iscsiadm --mode iface --interface eth4
# BEGIN RECORD 2.0-871
iface.iscsi_ifacename = eth4
iface.net_ifacename = eth4
iface.ipaddress = 
iface.hwaddress = 
iface.transport_name = tcp
iface.initiatorname = 
# END RECORD

TCP connections works great!

Now I have configured my bnx2i iface as
[r...@ora-db-rac1-04 ~]# iscsiadm -m iface -I bnx2i.00:10:18:64:98:b9
# BEGIN RECORD 2.0-871
iface.iscsi_ifacename = bnx2i.00:10:18:64:98:b9
iface.net_ifacename = 
iface.ipaddress = 10.10.77.65
iface.hwaddress = 00:10:18:64:98:b9
iface.transport_name = bnx2i
iface.initiatorname = 
# END RECORD

Then I discover my target...
[r...@ora-db-rac1-04 ~]# iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p
10.10.77.10 -I bnx2i.00:10:18:64:98:b9 -P3
Target: iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-8a0906-ee18a0704-22d0020a97c4c7fb-
mpio
Portal: 10.10.77.10:3260,1
Iface Name: bnx2i.00:10:18:64:98:b9

Then I restart my iscsi service...Getting connect failure!
[r...@ora-db-rac1-04 ~]# service iscsi restart
Stopping iSCSI daemon:
iscsid dead but pid file exists[  OK  ]
Starting iSCSI daemon: [  OK  ]
   [  OK  ]
Setting up iSCSI targets: Logging in to [iface: bnx2i.
00:10:18:64:98:b9, target: iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-8a0906-
ee18a0704-22d0020a97c4c7fb-mpio, portal: 10.10.77.10,3260]
iscsiadm: Could not login to [iface: bnx2i.00:10:18:64:98:b9, target:
iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:0-8a0906-ee18a0704-22d0020a97c4c7fb-mpio,
portal: 10.10.77.10,3260]:
iscsiadm: initiator reported error (8 - connection timed out)
iscsiadm: Could not log into all portals. Err 8.
   [  OK  ]

/var/log/messages:
Sep  6 10:44:45 ora-db-rac1-04 iscsid: iscsid shutting d

Re: Connection faillure RHEL 5.5 bnx2i

2010-09-04 Thread Michael Wolf


On 4 Sep., 02:49, "Benjamin Li"  wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> My responses are below:
>
> On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 11:51 -0700, Mike Christie wrote:
> > On 09/03/2010 10:06 AM, Michael Wolf wrote:
> > > Sep  3 16:47:35 ora-db-rac1-04 iscsid: Received iferror -1
> > > Sep  3 16:47:35 ora-db-rac1-04 iscsid: cannot make a connection to
> > > 10.10.77.10:3260 (-1,11)
> > > Sep  3 16:47:40 ora-db-rac1-04 kernel: bnx2i [02:00.00]: ISCSI_INIT
> > > passed
>
> > Are both network interfaces for the offload cards ifup'd, have a ip
> > address on the same subnet as the iscsi offload card, and started ok?
>
> Could you provide the iface files you are using, the /var/log/messsage
> logs, the /var/log/brcm-iscsi.log, and a network trace when the
> connection fails?  This will definitely help in debugging this problem.
>
>
>
> > > Any idea what I am missing?
> > > Is bnx2i driver able to connect with multiple paths on RHEL 5.5?
>
> > It works here. I have not tired it when they are all on the same subnet,
> > but from some of the bug fix patches it looks like broadcom has been
> > testing equalogic/dell targets so I think they have. ccing them.
>
> Our PQA has tested this configuration, but you need to specify 1 iface
> per path and specify the device using the MAC address of the HBA via the
> 'iface.hwaddress' field of the iface.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> -Ben

@Mike
Both networkinterfaces are up and running. Connection with TCP
protocol on these interfaces is no problem.
Tey have IP addesses 10.10.77.163 and 10.10.77.164, which is the same
subnet as the bnx2i interfaces 10.10.77.63 and 10.10.77.64.
The netmask is 255.255.255.0. The EQ box has only one Group IP address
10.10.77.10.
I have found informations in the internet, that broadcon does not
support multpath connection with more than one adapter, because of
driver problems.

@Ben
I'm not in the office today, I will deliver the logs on monday. /var/
log/messages and iface files are included in my first posting.
The server has four broadcom dual port cards. For my first test I used
only one internal dual adapter. eth2 and eth3 are on one broadcom
interface with separete HW adresses. Might that be a problem?
I will test with two iface on two separate broadcom cards on monday.

Thanks again.
Michael

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Re: Connection faillure RHEL 5.5 bnx2i

2010-09-03 Thread Benjamin Li
Hi Michael,

My responses are below:

On Fri, 2010-09-03 at 11:51 -0700, Mike Christie wrote:
> On 09/03/2010 10:06 AM, Michael Wolf wrote:
> > Sep  3 16:47:35 ora-db-rac1-04 iscsid: Received iferror -1
> > Sep  3 16:47:35 ora-db-rac1-04 iscsid: cannot make a connection to
> > 10.10.77.10:3260 (-1,11)
> > Sep  3 16:47:40 ora-db-rac1-04 kernel: bnx2i [02:00.00]: ISCSI_INIT
> > passed
> 
> Are both network interfaces for the offload cards ifup'd, have a ip 
> address on the same subnet as the iscsi offload card, and started ok?
> 

Could you provide the iface files you are using, the /var/log/messsage
logs, the /var/log/brcm-iscsi.log, and a network trace when the
connection fails?  This will definitely help in debugging this problem.

> 
> >
> > Any idea what I am missing?
> > Is bnx2i driver able to connect with multiple paths on RHEL 5.5?
> >
> 
> It works here. I have not tired it when they are all on the same subnet, 
> but from some of the bug fix patches it looks like broadcom has been 
> testing equalogic/dell targets so I think they have. ccing them.
> 

Our PQA has tested this configuration, but you need to specify 1 iface
per path and specify the device using the MAC address of the HBA via the
'iface.hwaddress' field of the iface. 

Thanks again.

-Ben


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Re: Connection faillure RHEL 5.5 bnx2i

2010-09-03 Thread Mike Christie

On 09/03/2010 10:06 AM, Michael Wolf wrote:

Sep  3 16:47:35 ora-db-rac1-04 iscsid: Received iferror -1
Sep  3 16:47:35 ora-db-rac1-04 iscsid: cannot make a connection to
10.10.77.10:3260 (-1,11)
Sep  3 16:47:40 ora-db-rac1-04 kernel: bnx2i [02:00.00]: ISCSI_INIT
passed


Are both network interfaces for the offload cards ifup'd, have a ip 
address on the same subnet as the iscsi offload card, and started ok?





Any idea what I am missing?
Is bnx2i driver able to connect with multiple paths on RHEL 5.5?



It works here. I have not tired it when they are all on the same subnet, 
but from some of the bug fix patches it looks like broadcom has been 
testing equalogic/dell targets so I think they have. ccing them.


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Re: Connection faillure RHEL 5.5 bnx2i

2010-09-03 Thread Ciprian

Michael Wolf wrote:

Is bnx2i driver able to connect with multiple paths on RHEL 5.5?


Out of a sick curiosity: does it make any difference if you're connected 
only to the iSCSI via only one interface?




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