Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] zone install hangs/never completes

2012-11-16 Thread Jonathan Adams
I know this sounds silly, but do you have direct access to the internet, or do you use a proxy to connect? if you use a proxy have you set the http_proxy/https_proxy/ftp_proxy variables at the prompt before installing the zone? It might not be that, but that is what causes pkg to hang on my

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Linux software-raid with two Comstar iSCSI volumes

2012-11-16 Thread Florian
Hi, I don't know where is your problem? You don't know our network infrastructure. It is not so easy to have two redundant switches, no it is even not possible. It would be nice, if we can have two redundant switches, but this was not my question! Sorry, if my first answer was rude to

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Linux software-raid with two Comstar iSCSI volumes

2012-11-16 Thread Christopher Chan
On Friday, November 16, 2012 07:05 PM, Florian wrote: Hi, I don't know where is your problem? You don't know our network infrastructure. It is not so easy to have two redundant switches, no it is even not possible. It would be nice, if we can have two redundant switches, but this was not

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Linux software-raid with two Comstar iSCSI volumes

2012-11-16 Thread Florian
Hi, I know, that you are right! Here are some background informations: We have an IBM BladeCenter E with two Cisco switches. Switch one is for the outside network traffic and switch two is for the storage network. There is no special configuration for the second switch, only a configured

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Linux software-raid with two Comstar iSCSI volumes

2012-11-16 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Nov 16, 2012, at 9:35, Florian flor...@acw.at wrote: Hi, The Problem with the BladeCenter is, that there are only two network ports an all blades, for two switches. It is possible put put two more switches in it, but have to buy than extra network cards for all blades. Maybe, I can

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Linux software-raid with two Comstar iSCSI volumes

2012-11-16 Thread Jim Klimov
On 2012-11-16 13:12, Brian Hechinger wrote: On Nov 16, 2012, at 9:35, Florian flor...@acw.at wrote: Hi, The Problem with the BladeCenter is, that there are only two network ports an all blades, for two switches. It is possible put put two more switches in it, but have to buy than extra

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Linux software-raid with two Comstar iSCSI volumes

2012-11-16 Thread Brian Hechinger
On Nov 16, 2012, at 11:33, Jim Klimov jimkli...@cos.ru wrote: On 2012-11-16 13:12, Brian Hechinger wrote: Have you considered vlan trunking? As he said, they have an external and an internal network segment. It might be an architectural or even a political/compliance requirement to

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Linux software-raid with two Comstar iSCSI volumes

2012-11-16 Thread Roel_D
How about teaming? Is it supported under OI? Kind regards, The out-side Op 16 nov. 2012 om 17:57 heeft Brian Hechinger wo...@4amlunch.net het volgende geschreven: On Nov 16, 2012, at 11:33, Jim Klimov jimkli...@cos.ru wrote: On 2012-11-16 13:12, Brian Hechinger wrote: Have you

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Linux software-raid with two Comstar iSCSI volumes

2012-11-16 Thread Jim Klimov
On 2012-11-17 00:46, Roel_D wrote: How about teaming? Is it supported under OI? My memory serves me not worse than google: teaming is one of the umbrella terms to describe what is implemented by LACP - a means of representing several hardware links as one logical NIC with increased

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Linux software-raid with two Comstar iSCSI volumes

2012-11-16 Thread Michael Stapleton
FYI, there is a setting that controls how Solaris balances the frames across the links in the aggregation. IP, MAC or round robbin. Mike On Sat, 2012-11-17 at 01:19 +0100, Jim Klimov wrote: On 2012-11-17 00:46, Roel_D wrote: How about teaming? Is it supported under OI? My memory

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] Linux software-raid with two Comstar iSCSI volumes

2012-11-16 Thread Jim Klimov
On 2012-11-17 02:03, Michael Stapleton wrote: FYI, there is a setting that controls how Solaris balances the frames across the links in the aggregation. IP, MAC or round robbin. Network nodes (like switches) on the other side of the cable are part of the problem. It is them that decide how to

[OpenIndiana-discuss] hardware specs for illumos storage/virtualization server

2012-11-16 Thread Paul B. Henson
I think I'm finally going to get around to putting together the illumos home/hobby server I've been thinking about for the past few years :), and would appreciate a little feedback on parts/compatibility/design. The box is intended to be both a storage server (music/video/etc media,