[Linux-cluster] problems with iscsi storage and boot order

[gordan at bobich.net]

On Mon, 22 Oct 2007, Randy Brown wrote:

> Thanks, I'll try upping the retries.  I am assuming this is the same thing as 
> increasing the time value here:

No. Timeouts and retries are separate settings. The problem is usually 
that the iSCSI subsystems tries to access the SAN before the network has 
fully come up.

> #  To specify the time to wait for login to complete, edit the line.
> #  The value is in seconds and the default is 15 seconds.
> node.conn[0].timeo.login_timeout = 25

This is probably the setting you want to change:
node.session.initial_login_retry_max = 8

Gordan