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DM Multipath With Openfiler ISCSI Storage

The document demonstrates configuring multipathing on a RHEL host with iSCSI storage from an OpenFiler host. Key steps include: 1. Configuring two NICs each on the OpenFiler and RHEL hosts for multipathing. 2. Discovering the iSCSI targets on the OpenFiler host using iscsiadm from the RHEL host. 3. Configuring multipathing by editing /etc/multipath.conf and starting the multipathd service. 4. Verifying the multipathed device is available using fdisk and multipath commands. Failover is demonstrated by disabling one NIC.

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DM Multipath With Openfiler ISCSI Storage

The document demonstrates configuring multipathing on a RHEL host with iSCSI storage from an OpenFiler host. Key steps include: 1. Configuring two NICs each on the OpenFiler and RHEL hosts for multipathing. 2. Discovering the iSCSI targets on the OpenFiler host using iscsiadm from the RHEL host. 3. Configuring multipathing by editing /etc/multipath.conf and starting the multipathd service. 4. Verifying the multipathed device is available using fdisk and multipath commands. Failover is demonstrated by disabling one NIC.

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RHEL Multipathing with OpenFiler iSCSI Storage We are performing a demonstration of DM-Multipathing with open source iscsi storage

Openfiler. For this, we need: 1. Openfiler Host with 2 NICs 2. RHELX.Y Host with 2 NICs Note: We require the 2 NICs for multipathing. Here we are using Oracle VirtualBox for hosting the above 2 Hosts. Setup of Openfiler: Eth0: 192.168.1.4 Eth1: 192.168.1.5

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Network Access Configuration


Delete Name Network/Host Netmask Type

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lan 192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 Share

New

Update

Setup of RHEL Host: Eth0: 192.168.1.6 Eth1: 192.168.1.7 Install RHELX.Y and ensure that iscsi-initiator-utils package and device-mapper-multipath package are installed. Initial Output of fdisk l [root@vm1 ~]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 16.1 GB, 16106127360 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1958 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot /dev/sda1 * /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3 Start 1 14 145 End Blocks Id System 13 104391 83 Linux 144 1052257+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris 1958 14570955 8e Linux LVM

Now, we discover the iSCSI targets: [root@vm1 ~]# /etc/init.d/iscsid start Starting iSCSI daemon [root@vm1 ~]# chkconfig --level 35 iscsid on [root@vm1 mnt]# iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p 192.168.1.5 192.168.1.5:3260,1 iqn.2006-01.com.openfiler:tsn.44fb8032e9cf 192.168.1.4:3260,1 iqn.2006-01.com.openfiler:tsn.44fb8032e9cf Restart iscsid service and re-run fdisk l to see the available iscsi shared partition. [root@vm1 ~]# /etc/init.d/iscsid restart Stopping iSCSI daemon: [ OK ] Starting iSCSI daemon: [ OK ]

[ OK ]

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RHEL Multipathing with OpenFiler iSCSI Storage [root@vm1 ~]# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 16.1 GB, 16106127360 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1958 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot /dev/sda1 * /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3

Start 1 14 145

End 13 144

Blocks Id System 104391 83 Linux 1052257+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

1958 14570955 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/sdb: 536 MB, 536870912 bytes 17 heads, 61 sectors/track, 1011 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1037 * 512 = 530944 bytes Disk /dev/sdb doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/sdc: 536 MB, 536870912 bytes 17 heads, 61 sectors/track, 1011 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1037 * 512 = 530944 bytes Disk /dev/sdc doesn't contain a valid partition table

Now, we setup Multipathing: [root@vm1 ~]# scsi_id -g -u -s /block/sdc 14f504e46494c45524c5a6d6731532d42346a362d34324d35 [root@vm1 ~]# scsi_id -g -u -s /block/sdb 14f504e46494c45524c5a6d6731532d42346a362d34324d35

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RHEL Multipathing with OpenFiler iSCSI Storage Now, edit /etc/multipath.conf #blacklist { # #} multipaths { multipath { wwid alias } 14f504e46494c45524c5a6d6731532d42346a362d34324d35 iscsi-a devnode "*"

[root@vm1 ~]# service multipathd start Starting multipathd daemon: [root@vm1 ~]# fdisk -l [ OK ]

Disk /dev/sda: 16.1 GB, 16106127360 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 1958 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Device Boot /dev/sda1 * /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3

Start 1 14 145

End 13 144

Blocks Id System 104391 83 Linux 1052257+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris

1958 14570955 8e Linux LVM

Disk /dev/sdb: 536 MB, 536870912 bytes 17 heads, 61 sectors/track, 1011 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1037 * 512 = 530944 bytes

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Disk /dev/sdc: 536 MB, 536870912 bytes 17 heads, 61 sectors/track, 1011 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1037 * 512 = 530944 bytes

Disk /dev/sdc doesn't contain a valid partition table

Disk /dev/dm-5: 536 MB, 536870912 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 65 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk /dev/dm-5 doesn't contain a valid partition table

[root@vm1 ~]# multipath -ll iscsi-a (14f504e46494c45524c5a6d6731532d42346a362d34324d35) dm-5 OPNFILER,VIRTUAL-DISK [size=512M][features=0][hwhandler=0][rw] \_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][active] \_ 9:0:0:0 sdb 8:16 [active][ready] \_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][enabled] \_ 10:0:0:0 sdc 8:32 [active][ready]

Now, we fail one of the NICs of Openfiler Storage Host:

[root@vm1 ~]# multipath -ll sdc: checker msg is "readsector0 checker reports path is down" iscsi-a (14f504e46494c45524c5a6d6731532d42346a362d34324d35) dm-5 OPNFILER,VIRTUAL-DISK [size=512M][features=0][hwhandler=0][rw] \_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][active] \_ 9:0:0:0 sdb 8:16 [active][ready] Page 8

RHEL Multipathing with OpenFiler iSCSI Storage \_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled] \_ 10:0:0:0 sdc 8:32 [active][faulty]

[root@vm1 ~]# multipath -ll | grep failed \_ 10:0:0:0 sdc 8:32 [failed][faulty]

When the path is later restored, then the output is: [root@vm1 ~]# multipath -ll iscsi-a (14f504e46494c45524c5a6d6731532d42346a362d34324d35) dm-5 OPNFILER,VIRTUAL-DISK [size=512M][features=0][hwhandler=0][rw] \_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][active] \_ 9:0:0:0 sdb 8:16 [active][ready] \_ round-robin 0 [prio=1][enabled] \_ 10:0:0:0 sdc 8:32 [active][ready]

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