Re: iSCSI SendTargets fail on port 3260 - why ? (DS300)

["Mark Ryden" <markryde@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Søren!

Thanks for your answer.

> but you need to configure it (ip, port
> number, disks etc) before attempting to connect using linux-iSCSI.

I found out in the "IBM TotalStorage DS300 and DS400 Best Practices Guide"
(IBM RedBooks) how I should configure IP address and I did it
successfully ; but I did not find **how and what** I should
configure regarding DS300 disks configuration for iSCSI access (by a
NIC), not in that book and not elsewhere.
I will appreciate if someone will tell me about it - what should I do regarding
DS300 disks configuration so I will be able to detect by iSCSI
initiator (SendTargets) and afterwards mount
disks of DS300 box. I am quite stuck in this problem for a time.

Regards,
 Mark


On 3/15/07, Søren Hjarlvig <shj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Mark!
>
> I'm not familiar with DS300, but you need to configure it (ip, port
> number, disks etc) before attempting to connect using linux-iSCSI.
> It should not matter if you're using a windows, linux or webbased
> configuration tool.
>
> Sometimes it is easier to configure and test the setup on windows and
> then move on to linux-iSCSI - then you know the configuration of the
> SAN-box is correct.
>
> Regards
>
> Søren
>
> Mark Ryden skrev:
> > Hello,
> > I know that the default port of iSCSI targets is 3260;
> > I try to transmit "SendTargets" to DS300 on this port and
> > get no results. I am a newbie to DS300; I am able to connect
> > with serveRAID to the DS300 and see the DS300 "physical devices" dialog
> > in Network Storage menu, and perform "configure ethernet port", etc.
> >
> > I saw some messages in this mailing list regarding DS300 and iscsi-initiator.
> > For example, this post depicts somebody who had problems to connect on port 427.
> > http://www.spinics.net/lists/iscsi-users/msg00449.html
> >
> >
> > So I have two questions :
> > Before delving more inside - should I try, upon default installation, to perform
> > SendTargets query on port 3260 (the default) ? or port 427 ? or something else?
> > Second: is there something which should be configured/installed on the DS300
> > using the serveRAID management application from window ?
> > For example, should I configure a RAID ? (As far as I remember, it says
> > "No arrays configured"). Is there something else I should set/configure ?
> >
> >
> > BTW, I can connect to the DS300 only with serveRAID on windows!
> > according to what the "IBM TotalStorage DS300 and DS400 Best Practices Guide"
> > book says, only serveRAID management application from windows can manage the
> > DS3000, though there is serveRAID application  on Linux; I did try the
> > serveRAID
> > manager one from Linux and could not see the DS300.
> >
> > See section 4.7 in the book:
> > "4.7 Configure and run IBM ServeRAID Manage
> > Note: Only a Microsoft Windows operating system can be used to run the
> > Management Station."
> >
> >
> > I am quite stuck with this problem; Any help /comments/ tips will be
> > appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Mark
> >
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