Questions tagged [iscsi]

The Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) is a transport protocol designed to communicate SCSI commands over IP networks. It is described by Internet RFC 3720, though it has been amended and corrected by later RFCs.

The Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) is a transport protocol designed to communicate SCSI commands over IP networks. It is described by Internet RFC 3720 (http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3720), though it has been amended and corrected by later RFCs.

RFC 3720

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Create and configure iSCSI block storage device in Vagrant

I want to attach an iSCSI block device to my vagrant virtual machine, it is not a real device, i just want to simulate one using a file. for example, If i want to add normal disk device, i may use the following: config.vm.provider "virtualbox" do |…
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iSCSI multipath settings on CentOS6.5

All, I want to know is it possible to use only one network card to configure iSCSI multipath for the backend iSCSI storage? E.g, I have a NIC of eth0 with IP address of 192.168.10.100,then I create a virtual NIC of eth0:1 with IP address of…
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map iSCSI IQN to actual device(Windows)

Working on a product(linux-based) which provides iSCSI(TargetCLI) access to many blu-ray drives. We generate the IQN values(iqn...drive1) for these drives which reflect their physical position(port) on the SATA controller. Currently I cannot find a…
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Address already in use in targetcli iser enable

kindly help me to fix this problem I am using "targetcli-2.0rc1" I have created the portal with IP address 192.168.1.11 and port no : 3260 When I am doing "iser_enable" then it throws following error /iscsi/iqn.20...168.1.11:3260> iser_enable…
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Find the New Drives connected through iSCSI

I am writing a powerscript that connects to a target through ISCSi. I need to find the new drive letters (F:, G:, …) that is created after connecting. Is there any direct way to find that? MY script would be New-IscsiTargetPortal…
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Failed to logout of iscsi target using iscsicli TargetLogout in Windows

I used iscsicli commands to configure the iscsi configuration for windows. When i logged out of target, it is happening successfully. But when i am rebooting my system again i can see those previously configure iscsi details. And also i am not able…
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iscsi performance testing with buffer and cache disabled

I have been doing disk i/o performance testing between iscsi initiater(centos) and iscsi target(netbsd). In the scenerio, I want all the buffers and caches to be disabled (like network buffer, hardware cache). Is there any tool or command to check…
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Is there an OS-independent way to map iSCSI name (iqn) to IP?

I have a series of iSCSI names (initiators) that typically look like this: iqn.yyyy-mm.naming-authority:unique name E.g. iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:myPC I would like to programatically map such iSCSI names to their respective IP addresses and/or…
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iscsid.conf settings not getting saved

I am trying to configure the iscsid.conf in my host to enable CHAP authentication for the discovery with my target but the changes are not being reflected. I have restarted the service after making the changes. Is there any other file to change…
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iSCSI and SERVERS ULTIMATE PRO (android app)

My questions are always difficult and almost there is nobody to respond with helpful suggestion. This my first post in here. Here's the situation. I have android phone with SERVERS ULTIMATE PRO application installed. This thing allows iSCSI and TFTP…
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Is there a way to get the free space on an iSCSI drive mounted as a NTFS folder

I have a bunch of iSCSI drives mounted as NFTS folders (to avoid exhausting all the drive letters) acting as a mini SAN, and I would like to get the information about their free space. The basic reason is to get warnings when space gets below a…
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How is open-iscsi compiled with 3.x kernels?

open-iscsi seems to require 2.6.x kernels and doesn't even compile with the newer (3.x) kernels, specifically 3.8.0 kernel. Is it supposed to work with newer kernels? Please see…
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How can I programmatically create an iscsi target on linux?

I am using linux's default iscsi server. It is configured to be a target. Now, I'd like to programmatically add a target, that is I give a disk image path ex. /home/me/disks/image.img and I set it as a target, with an iqn and such. This has to be…
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Enumerating lots of iSCSI volumes. Very slow. Having issues with programmatically getting disk number

I am currently writing some orchestration software for Hyper-V 2012 R2. The orchestration platform as a whole also talks to other Hypervisors, like Xen. I am in the process of introducing new SAN storage and, due to some desirable features that…
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How to force iscsid to reconnect target?

I have installed open-iscsi, and have login to several targets. The device is mounted, and doing some IO. But I want to disconnect the tcp connection of initiator and target, force iscsid to run recovery and reconnect. How to do this? I have used…
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