[PATCH RFC/RFT] add iscsi dev loss timeout and device removal

2010-10-06 Thread Mike Christie
Hey, At storage summit this year, it was decided iscsi needs to catch up with the other iscsi drivers, and add something like FC's dev_loss_tmo. When this timeout expires, it will cause the iscsi layer to remove the scsi devices and fail any IO that was queued. Upper layers like dm-multipath

Antw: [PATCH RFC/RFT] add iscsi dev loss timeout and device removal

2010-10-06 Thread Ulrich Windl
Some random comments: 1) What will be the default value for the new timeout? 2) I think this should be at least KERN_WARN(ing): + iscsi_cls_session_printk(KERN_INFO, session, +session dev loss timed out after %d secs\n, +

Re: Antw: [PATCH RFC/RFT] add iscsi dev loss timeout and device removal

2010-10-06 Thread Mike Christie
On 10/06/2010 04:54 AM, Ulrich Windl wrote: Some random comments: 1) What will be the default value for the new timeout? Not, sure yet. Suggestions? 2) I think this should be at least KERN_WARN(ing): + iscsi_cls_session_printk(KERN_INFO, session, +

How can I dedicate iSCSI traffic to only 1 nic.

2010-10-06 Thread jimmy
Hi all, I have a server with two NICs on the same subnet. How can I force iSCSI traffic to only use one of these? I see the readme states you can use interface files in /etc/iscsi/ interfaces. So for example scenario I have these two NICS as below. NIC1 IP address: 192.168.2.2 MAC:

Problem loggin in to LaCie Ethernet Disk Raid

2010-10-06 Thread Koller Wolfgang
Hi All! I'm currently trying connect to a LaCie Ethernet Disk Raid using iSCSI. I'm perfectly aware of the fact, that it isn't officially supported, however there is a Backup Utility for Windows which uses the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator (and adds a new Portal / Target there). I already managed

Re: How can I dedicate iSCSI traffic to only 1 nic.

2010-10-06 Thread Mike Christie
On 10/06/2010 10:22 AM, jimmy wrote: Hi all, I have a server with two NICs on the same subnet. How can I force iSCSI traffic to only use one of these? I see the readme states you can use interface files in /etc/iscsi/ interfaces. So for example scenario I have these two NICS as below. NIC1 IP

Re: Problem loggin in to LaCie Ethernet Disk Raid

2010-10-06 Thread Mike Christie
On 10/06/2010 04:09 AM, Koller Wolfgang wrote: Hi All! I'm currently trying connect to a LaCie Ethernet Disk Raid using iSCSI. I'm perfectly aware of the fact, that it isn't officially supported, however there is a Backup Utility for Windows which uses the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator (and adds