On Aug 11, 2013, at 8:39 AM, ppcner8x8x <[email protected]> wrote:
> What is the recommended behaviour of distro network scripts with the > root-on-iscsi interface? > If sessions are logged in then when iscsid is started from the init scripts/systemd the network interfaces that iscsi uses must be up. > My CentOS root-on-iscsi systems seems to configure all network interfaces > like a regular disk installation > (controlled by /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ethX). This always seems > to cause a hiccup in init scripts: > > connection1:0: ping timeout of 5 secs expired, recv timeout 5, last rx > 4294682021, last ping 4294687024, now 4294692032 > connection1:0: detected conn error (1011) > connection2:0: detected conn error (1020) > connection3:0: detected conn error (1020) > What version of Centos is this and did you setup root on iscsi using their install to iscsi option in the installer? When using the RHEL 6 iscsi root install path I did not hit that problem in the past. I assume Centos did not change any of the iscsi startup stuff. > > Won't this behaviour break the root disk session? Or is it supposed to be > tolerable: if the network scripts do the right thing > there will be a route to a portal and the session will be reestablished? As long as iscsid is up and the network eventually comes back up the session will be reestablished. > > Fedora 19 does something even more drastic: if rewrites the network > configuration with stuff obtained from the initramfs boot; > this safe behaviour practically guarantees that the network configuration > will be compatible with that in the initramfs so finding > the target should be a no-brainer; nevertheless the interfaces are brought up > again (redundantly?). > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "open-iscsi" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/open-iscsi. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "open-iscsi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/open-iscsi. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
