Comments on: CentOS 4 / Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 iSCSI Installation and Configuration ( iscsi initiators ) http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-centos-rhel4-iscsi-initiators.html This is a Linux sys admin journal by Vivek about sys admin work, Linux tips & tricks, hacks, news and more. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:37:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vivek Gitehttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-centos-rhel4-iscsi-initiators.html#comment-148159 Vivek Gite Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:13:51 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=2285#comment-148159 Try the following: <a href="http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/rhel-linux4-setup-device-mapper-multipathing-devicemapper.html" rel="nofollow">Red Hat / CentOS Linux 4: Setup Device Mapper Multipathing</a> Try the following:

Red Hat / CentOS Linux 4: Setup Device Mapper Multipathing

]]> By: moulihttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-centos-rhel4-iscsi-initiators.html#comment-148158 mouli Fri, 17 Apr 2009 17:11:51 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=2285#comment-148158 Hi, I have installed iscsi in redhat 5 and configured through via 100mbs netwotk card. I have one more network card int his server. How can I discovver the iscsi disk via diffrent network card to setup multi path.. Pls help me Hi,

I have installed iscsi in redhat 5 and configured through via 100mbs netwotk card. I have one more network card int his server. How can I discovver the iscsi disk via diffrent network card to setup multi path..

Pls help me

]]> By: Ajeethttp://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/howto-centos-rhel4-iscsi-initiators.html#comment-144327 Ajeet Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:01:54 +0000 http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/?p=2285#comment-144327 I am in attempt to setup two Node Cluster with iSCSI as alternative to Shared Storage.I configured target and initiator successfully. Now When I ran on one of client : #find /sys/devices/platform/host* -name "block*" /sys/devices/platform/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block As for info,I have ran the following commands on client: followed as said in the doc and found it this way: [root@BL02DL385 ~]# rpm -ivh iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-6.x86_64.rpm warning: iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-6.x86_64.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 9b3c94f4 Preparing... ########################################### [100%] 1:iscsi-initiator-utils ########################################### [100%] [root@BL02DL385 ~]# vi /etc/iscsi.conf DiscoveryAddress=10.14.236.134 # OutgoingUsername=fred # OutgoingPassword=uhyt6h # and/or # DiscoveryAddress=10.14.236.134 # IncomingUsername=mary # IncomingPassword=kdhjkd9l # [root@BL02DL385 ~]# service iscsi start Checking iscsi config: [ OK ] Loading iscsi driver: [ OK ] Starting iscsid: [ OK ] [root@BL02DL385 ~]# CD /proc/scsi/scsi -bash: CD: command not found [root@BL02DL385 ~]# vi /proc/scsi/scsi It is Displaying so: Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: IET Model: VIRTUAL-DISK Rev: 0 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04 ~ ~ Is it working fine? The entry for target ietd.conf file is: Target iqn.2008-07.com.logica.vjs:storage.lun1 IncomingUser OutgoingUser Lun 0 Path=/root/cluster_share,Type=fileio Alias iDISK0 I am in attempt to setup two Node Cluster with iSCSI as alternative to Shared Storage.I configured target and initiator successfully.
Now When I ran on one of client :

#find /sys/devices/platform/host* -name “block*”
/sys/devices/platform/host1/target1:0:0/1:0:0:0/block

As for info,I have ran the following commands on client:

followed as said in the doc and found it this way:

[root@BL02DL385 ~]# rpm -ivh iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-6.x86_64.rpm

warning: iscsi-initiator-utils-4.0.3.0-6.x86_64.rpm: V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 9b3c94f4

Preparing… ########################################### [100%]

1:iscsi-initiator-utils ########################################### [100%]

[root@BL02DL385 ~]# vi /etc/iscsi.conf

DiscoveryAddress=10.14.236.134

# OutgoingUsername=fred

# OutgoingPassword=uhyt6h

# and/or

#

DiscoveryAddress=10.14.236.134

# IncomingUsername=mary

# IncomingPassword=kdhjkd9l

#

[root@BL02DL385 ~]# service iscsi start

Checking iscsi config: [ OK ]

Loading iscsi driver: [ OK ]

Starting iscsid: [ OK ]

[root@BL02DL385 ~]# CD /proc/scsi/scsi

-bash: CD: command not found

[root@BL02DL385 ~]# vi /proc/scsi/scsi

It is Displaying so:

Attached devices:

Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00

Vendor: IET Model: VIRTUAL-DISK Rev: 0

Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 04

~

~

Is it working fine?

The entry for target ietd.conf file is:
Target iqn.2008-07.com.logica.vjs:storage.lun1

IncomingUser

OutgoingUser

Lun 0 Path=/root/cluster_share,Type=fileio

Alias iDISK0

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