Linux: Installing Mellanox VSA - Revision history

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Provider parameters

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Storage Providers

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Quick Configuration

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Open iSCSI Initiator Configuration

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Quick Configuration

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Quick Configuration

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Installation Prerequisites

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Quick Configuration

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Open iSCSI Initiator Configuration

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Open iSCSI Initiator Configuration

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 |cachedevices
 |Device to be used for disk caching purpose
 |}

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	A provider name typically prefixes relevant objects, for example, an interface name is composed of <provider-name>:<local-name> (vsa1:eth0).		A provider name typically prefixes relevant objects, for example, an interface name is composed of <provider-name>:<local-name> (vsa1:eth0).
		+
		+	==== Adding a new provider ====
		+	<syntaxhighlight>
		+	add provider <url> role=compute
		+	</syntaxhighlight>
		+	==== Provider parameters ====
		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	!CLI
		+	!Description
		+	\|-
		+	\|<url>
		+	\|Remote hostname or IP address
		+	\|-
		+	\|cachedevices
		+	\|Device to be used for disk caching purpose
		+	\|}

	== Initiator Configuration ==		== Initiator Configuration ==

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 vsa start
 </syntaxhighlight>
-== Quick Configuration ==
+== Configuration ==
 First, complete the VSA and license installation, then run VSCLI. Before any configuration step, ensure you are in config mode. To enter config mode, type ''config''.
 <syntaxhighlight>
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 tgtadm --mode target --op show
 </syntaxhighlight>
 == Initiator Configuration ==

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 iscsiadm –m node –T <target-name> | grep transport
 iscsiadm –m node –T <target-name> --login
-iscsiadm –m session</syntaxhighlight>
+iscsiadm –m session
 If the initiator failed to connect to VSA after discovery:

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 * Replace <vol> with one of the storage object names discovered in the system.
 * To see available storage, use the show command. Physical disks are marked d<n> (n=number). For more information on volume naming and options, type ''help class lun'', or see VSA LUN options.
 == Initiator Configuration ==

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 '''2. Create a new storage target and map it to a server group (or everyone), and define the transport (RDMA or TCP).''' <br/>
 For example:<br/>
-<syntaxhighlight>
+* TCP <br/> <syntaxhighlight>add targets iqn.tar1 server=everyone</syntaxhighlight>
-add targets iqn.tar1 server=everyone
+* RDMA <br/> <syntaxhighlight>add targets iqn.tar1 server=dbsrv,transport=iser</syntaxhighlight>
 '''Note:''' By default, ISCSI TCP transport is selected, use RDMA only if the initiator supports RDMA.
 <syntaxhighlight>

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 ** python-twisted-web is needed by vsacli-2.1.1-2.el6.noarch
 ** python-twisted-conch is needed by vsacli-2.1.1-2.el6.noarch
 == Installing ==

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 A service start is required following the installation.
 === Open iSCSI Initiator Configuration ===
-. Configure the network device (IPoIB for Infiniband) and verify its operation
+. Configure the network device (IPoIB for Infiniband) and verify its operation <br/>
-. Verify connectivity between the Linux client and the VSA provider. From the Linux client,run the ping command to the relevant IP address in the VSA server (the address/interface that will be used for the iSER or iSCSI connection).
+. Verify connectivity between the Linux client and the VSA provider. From the Linux client,run the ping command to the relevant IP address in the VSA server (the address/interface that will be used for the iSER or iSCSI connection).<br/>
-. Start the iscsi service (/etc/init.d/iscsi for RH and /etc/open-iscsi for SLES)
+. Start the iscsi service (/etc/init.d/iscsi for RH and /etc/open-iscsi for SLES)<br/>
 . Perform iSCSI discovery with the VSA target using the iscsi_discovery script (provided in the VSA installation tar file):
 <syntaxhighlight>