So this mapping is done inside Linux? I would guess this is a virtual LUN number then?
I believe the xCAT pool is to manage the real information about the SCSI disk WWPN and LUN on the storage controller vs a virtual LUN.... Are you using something like the San Volume Controller? Chuck Brazie [email protected] From: "Will, Chris" <[email protected]> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>, Date: 04/26/2013 08:40 AM Subject: Re: [xcat-user] How does xCAT deal with NPIV provisioned LUNs? The two luns are unique obviously, but the lun address that linux sees can be the same. For example, here is a typical lun assignment for two guests. Server LUN address LUN mapping address LUN label Server WWPN SERVER1 0000000000000000 0030000000000000 296f C05076F47B8007B0 SERVER2 0000000000000000 0031000000000000 2973 C05076F47B8007B4 Chris From: Chuck Brazie [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, April 26, 2013 8:15 AM To: xCAT Users Mailing list Subject: Re: [xcat-user] How does xCAT deal with NPIV provisioned LUNs? I am confused as to what you are adding. The WWPN is unique to the storage controller port, so why would you expect the second command using the same WWPN and LUN to work? Chuck Brazie [email protected] From: "Will, Chris" <[email protected]> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>, Date: 04/25/2013 01:22 PM Subject: Re: [xcat-user] How does xCAT deal with NPIV provisioned LUNs? Finally got a couple of luns to test with and the second lun I tried to add to the pool got an error. slxmfdev3:~ # chhypervisor xsys --addzfcp2pool zfcp1 free 50000972081ca531 0000000000000000 68G xsys: New zFCP device pool zfcp1 created xsys: Adding zFCP device to zfcp1 pool... Done slxmfdev3:~ # chvm slxmfdev2 --addzfcp zfcp1 0402 1 68g replace_root_device slxmfdev2: Using device with WWPN/LUN of 50000972081ca531/0000000000000000 slxmfdev2: Adding FCP device... Done slxmfdev2: Setting LOADDEV directory statements slxmfdev2: Replacing LNX148's directory entry... Done Now to add the second lun which will be used by another guest slxmfdev3:~ # chhypervisor xsys --addzfcp2pool zfcp1 free 50000972081ca531 0000000000000000 68G xsys: (Error) zFCP device already exists Possible solutions would be: - Require the owner to be specified or the npiv wwpn of the server (the wwpn maintained in the xcat table is the destination wwpn and is the same of all servers). - Opt out of the requirement to maintain a zfcp table on the hcp. Chris From: Thang Pham [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2013 11:20 AM To: xCAT Users Mailing list Cc: xCAT Users Mailing list Subject: Re: [xcat-user] How does xCAT deal with NPIV provisioned LUNs? We are trying to verify this. The current version of xCAT has limited support for SCSI/FCP devices. We plan to add more support in later releases. It basically does most of the tailoring in autoyast/kickstart during the provision phase. If there is an existing VM that you want to config SCSI devices for, it does most of the tailoring on the Linux filesystem, editing /etc/zfcp.conf and such files and echoing the WWPN and LUN through into udev. I do not see a problem (yet) with using NPIV, since most of the configuration is done on the FCP channel(s). Regards, ------------------------------------- Thang Pham IBM Poughkeepsie Phone: (845) 433-7567 e-mail: [email protected] "Will, Chris" ---04/23/2013 12:33:53 PM---Here is what I mean. Here are two guests on our vmax npiv array. slx111cln1:~ # lszfcp -D From: "Will, Chris" <[email protected]> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>, Date: 04/23/2013 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [xcat-user] How does xCAT deal with NPIV provisioned LUNs? Here is what I mean. Here are two guests on our vmax npiv array. slx111cln1:~ # lszfcp -D 0.0.0400/0x50000972081ca531/0x0000000000000000 0:0:0:0 slxosdev2:~ # lszfcp -D 0.0.0400/0x50000972081ca531/0x0000000000000000 0:0:1:0 With NPIV, the wwpn and LUN that the guest “sees” are the same. From: Thang Pham [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 11:04 AM To: xCAT Users Mailing list Cc: xCAT Users Mailing list Subject: Re: [xcat-user] How does xCAT deal with NPIV provisioned LUNs? I do not see any problem with this. A unique disk is determined by a combination of LUN and WWPN. As long as those values are specified as 16 byte characters, you should be good. Regards, ------------------------------------- Thang Pham IBM Poughkeepsie Phone: (845) 433-7567 e-mail: [email protected] "Will, Chris" ---04/23/2013 11:01:26 AM---We have implemented NPIV with our EMC storage array. It looks like xCAT is maintaining a pool of zf From: "Will, Chris" <[email protected]> To: xCAT Users Mailing list <[email protected]>, Date: 04/23/2013 11:01 AM Subject: [xcat-user] How does xCAT deal with NPIV provisioned LUNs? We have implemented NPIV with our EMC storage array. It looks like xCAT is maintaining a pool of zfcp devices but all of our servers have their LUN addressing staring at “0000”. Is this a problem with implementing zfcp with xCAT? Chris Will The information contained in this communication is highly confidential and is intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom this communication is directed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or distribution of this information is prohibited. Please notify the sender, by electronic mail or telephone, of any unintended receipt and delete the original message without making any copies. 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