From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Niraj Tolia Subject: Re: QLogic Fibre Channel HBA Support Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 10:40:47 +0100 Sender: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Message-ID: <7e45e2ac040705024038b888f6@mail.gmail.com> References: <20040704083831.GA18863@pathfinder> <20040704203139.GE18863@pathfinder> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20040704203139.GE18863@pathfinder> Errors-To: xen-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: To: Steve Traugott Cc: Ian Pratt , xen-devel@lists.sourceforge.net List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org > > An alternative to using a FCAL SAN is to use iSCSI. I've found > > that the Linux Cisco iSCSI initiator code works nicely, and can > > either talk to a hardware iSCSI target or to the Ardistech Linux > > iSCSI s/w target. I've generally configured it such that the > > domain talks iSCSI directly (using an initrd to enable root to be > > on the iSCSI volume). Others have configured iSCSI in domain 0 > > and then exported the partitions to other domains as block > > devices using the normal VBD mechanism. > > I'd need to use the iSCSI in domain 0 approach (other people's > guests...), haven't tried it due to lack of hardware targets, didn't get > warm fuzzies from Ardistech's code -- you've had no problems with it > though? > FWIW, I managed to get the following combinations of iSCSI initiators/targets to work. Initiators ran in domain 0 while targets ran on a vanilla linux system (no xen). I haven't really stressed the systems though. UNH Initiator <--> UNH Target Cisco Initiator <--> UNH Target Intel PRO/1000 T (Hardware) Initiator <--> UNH Target A good site that might help is . Niraj ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com