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@@ -371,9 +371,10 @@ Usage: iscsiadm [OPTION] iscsi_ifacename. See below for examples. - -m host --host=hostno --print=level - Display information for a specific host if hostno - is passed in. If no hostno is passed in then info + -m host --host=hostno|MAC --print=level + Display information for a specific host. The host + can be passed in by host number or by MAC address. + If a host is not passed in then info for all hosts is printed. Print level can be 0 to 4. @@ -515,10 +516,10 @@ some helpful management commands. 5.1.2 Setting up a iface for a iSCSI offload card ================================================= -This section describes how to setup ifaces for use with Chelsio -and Broadcom cards. +This section describes how to setup ifaces for use with Chelsio, Broadcom and +QLogic cards. -By default, iscsiadm will create a iface for each Broadcom and Chelsio +By default, iscsiadm will create a iface for each Broadcom, QLogic and Chelsio port. The iface name will be of the form: $transport/driver_name.$MAC_ADDRESS @@ -529,6 +530,7 @@ Running: default tcp,<empty>,<empty>,<empty>,<empty> iser iser,<empty>,<empty>,<empty>,<empty> cxgb3i.00:07:43:05:97:07 cxgb3i,00:07:43:05:97:07,<empty>,<empty>,<empty> +qla4xxx.00:0e:1e:04:8b:2e qla4xxx,00:0e:1e:04:8b:2e,<empty>,<empty>,<empty> Will report iface configurations that are setup in /etc/iscsi/ifaces. @@ -547,7 +549,7 @@ default one in /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi. -To display these values in a more friendly run: +To display these values in a more friendly way, run: iscsiadm -m iface -I cxgb3i.00:07:43:05:97:07 # BEGIN RECORD 2.0-871 @@ -571,6 +573,38 @@ For the name of the value we want to update we use the name from the "iscsiadm -m iface -I cxgb3i.00:07:43:05:97:07" command which is "iface.ipaddress". +Note2. + +For QLogic ports after updating the iface record, for network settings to take +effect, one must apply or applyall the settings. + +iscsiadm -m iface -I qla4xxx.00:0e:1e:04:8b:2e -o apply or +iscsiadm -m iface -H 00:0e:1e:04:8b:2e -o applyall + +With operation "apply" network setting for the specified iface will take effect. +With operation "applyall" network settings for all ifaces on a specific host +will take take effect. The host can be specified using the -H/--host argument +by either the MAC address of the host or the host number. + + +Here is an example of setting multiple IPv6 address on single iSCSI interface +port. +First interface (no need to set iface_num, it is 0 by default) + +iscsiadm -m iface -I qla4xxx.00:0e:1e:04:8b:2a -o update \ + -n iface.ipaddress -v fec0:ce00:7014:0041:1111:2222:1e04:9392 + +Create the second interface if it does not exist + +iscsiadm -m iface -I qla4xxx.00:0e:1e:04:8b:2a.1 -op=new +iscsiadm -m iface -I qla4xxx.00:0e:1e:04:8b:2a -o update \ + -n iface.iface_num -v 1 (iface_num is mandatory for second iface) +iscsiadm -m iface -I qla4xxx.00:0e:1e:04:8b:2a -o update \ + -n iface.ipaddress -v = fec0:ce00:7014:0041:1111:2222:1e04:9393 +iscsiadm -m iface -H 00:0e:1e:04:8b:2a --op=applyall + +Note: If there are common settings for multiple interfaces then the +settings from 0th iface would be considered valid. Now, we can use this iface to login into targets, which is described in the next section. |