A Quick Guide To Setup IP SAN Using Linux
A Quick Guide To Setup IP SAN Using Linux
On Linux server :
1. Install iSCSI initiator (iscsi-initiator-utils rpm) on your linux machine. This will create
filer1>igroup create -i -t linuxiscsigrp filer1>igroup add iscsigrp iqn.1987-05.com.cisco:01.44c65d9587d9 filer1>igroup show iscsigrp (iSCSI) (ostype: linux): iqn.1987-05.com.cisco:01.44c65d9587d9 (logged in on: iswta) filer1>
5. Map the lun to the iscsi-group.
filer1>iswt interface disable e7 filer1>iswt interface show Interface e0 disabled Interface e4 enabled Interface e5 disabled Interface e7 disabled filer1>
7. Done on the Netapp side.
On Linux again :
[root@unixfoo ~]# /etc/init.d/iscsi start Checking iscsiconfig: Loading iscsi driver: Starting iscsid: [root@unixfoo ~]#
2. Set iscsi initiator to start automatically after reboot.
[ OK ] [ OK ] [ OK ]
[root@unixfoo ~]# iscsi-ls ******************************************************************************* SFNetiSCSI Driver Version ...4:0.1.11-3(02-May-2006) ******************************************************************************* TARGET NAME TARGET ALIAS HOST ID BUS ID TARGET ID TARGET ADDRESS SESSION STATUS SESSION ID :2 :0 :0 : 192.185.12.12:3260,2 : ESTABLISHED AT Sat Dec 29 21:55:37 PST 2007 : ISID 00023d000001 TSIH 501 : : iqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.50380528