From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Thomas Glanzmann Subject: Re: HBA recommended as FC target Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:45:33 +0200 Message-ID: <20170818154533.GB21837@glanzmann.de> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from infra.glanzmann.de ([88.198.249.254]:33422 "EHLO infra.glanzmann.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752297AbdHRPpi (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Aug 2017 11:45:38 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org To: Laurence Oberman Cc: "linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org" , "target-devel@vger.kernel.org" Hello Laurence, * Laurence Oberman [2017-08-18 15:26]: > Any of the Qlogic qla24xx or qla25xx and higher that allow you to > disable initiator mode will work. I use qla25xx 8Gbit in all my > Target arrays. thank you for your recommendations I ordered a Qlogic QLE2462-HP -PX2510401 - 4GB 2-Port Fibre on ebay. * Laurence Oberman [2017-08-18 15:31]: > There is no way to do this using adapters and generic F/C with Linux > as the O/S. The ability to enable debugging in the F/C drivers will > expose some of the internals but there is no way to sniff directly as > far as I am aware. I enabled debugging in the Linux target once and I could see quiet detailed information. Probably this will be enough for me. At the time I was debugging SCSI reservations. > Many switches allow port level tracing facilities but inline sniffing > using Linux and generic hosts is not possible. Are you aware of facilities in entry level brocade switches that I can use. I just have to trace one port. Cheers, Thomas