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

Mike Christie michaelc at cs.wisc.edu
Mon Oct 22 21:55:16 UTC 2007


Randy Brown wrote:
> There isn't a line like that in my iscsi.conf file.  Can I simply add it?
> 

If you are using the iscsi tools that came with Centos 5.0, the feature 
is not present. You will need the tools that come with Centos 5.1 when 
it comes out or you need the upstream tools from open-iscsi.org.

> Randy
> 
> gordan at bobich.net wrote:
>> 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
>>
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