Connecting to a MSA1510i from Linux

[qoop]

I want to connect my RHEL4 server to my iSCSI SAN (MSA1510i). I have installed iscsi-initiator-utils from Red Hat, but I can't get the connection established.

My log gives following information. What is the problem?

Jul 23 23:39:39 vm2 iscsi: iscsi config check succeeded
Jul 23 23:39:39 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet: Loading iscsi_sfnet version 4:0.1.11-2
Jul 23 23:39:39 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet: Control device major number 253
Jul 23 23:39:39 vm2 iscsi: Loading iscsi driver: succeeded
Jul 23 23:39:44 vm2 iscsid[6068]: version 4:0.1.11 variant (12-Jan-2005)
Jul 23 23:39:44 vm2 iscsi: iscsid startup succeeded
Jul 23 23:39:44 vm2 iscsid[6072]: Connected to Discovery Address 10.0.1.2
Jul 23 23:39:44 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet:host20: Login rejected: initiator error (02/00), non-retryable, giving up
Jul 23 23:39:44 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet:host20: Session giving up
Jul 23 23:39:44 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet:host21: iscsi_recvmsg() failed with rc -104: Connection reset by peer
Jul 23 23:39:44 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet:host21: Login I/O error, failed to receive a PDU
Jul 23 23:39:44 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet:host21: Waiting 1 seconds before next login attempt
Jul 23 23:39:54 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet:host21: Login rejected: target error (03/02)

[Basil Vizgin]

Officially MSA1510i supports Microsoft Initiator only.

[qoop]

I know, but shouldn't it be possible to connect anyway?

iSCSI is an open standard.

[raadek]

I agree with 'open', but not essentially 'standard'.

With iSCSI interoperability is still rather a question mark & in every case a proof of concept is required, rather than rock-solid certainty.

Rgds.

[qoop]

But does anyone know if the MSA1510i can be used with Linux or not?

When will HP officially support Linux for the MSA150i?

[Allan D'Souza]

What is your iscsi.conf file look like?

[qoop]

I have tried many configurations. But I can give you an example. Can you find any errors?

DiscoveryAddress=10.0.1.2:3260
IncomingUsername=iqn.1986-03.com.hp.storage.msa1510i.san.target2
IncomingPassword=CHAPPASSWORD
OutgoingUsername=iqn.1987-05.com.cisco:01.627abeb58d20
OutgoingPassword=CHAPPASSWORD

TargetName=iqn.1986-03.com.hp.storage.msa1510i.san.target2

HeaderDigest=always
DataDigest=always
Enabled=yes
ConnFailTimeout=15
Continuous=yes

[Allan D'Souza]

Try without digest being enabled. The 1510i supports digests in hardware. In this case it looks like the software initiator is not handling digests correctly.

[qoop]

It doesn't solve the problem. I'm now get following log messages.

Jul 28 23:28:45 vm2 iscsi: iscsi config check succeeded
Jul 28 23:28:45 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet: Loading iscsi_sfnet version 4:0.1.11-2
Jul 28 23:28:45 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet: Control device major number 253
Jul 28 23:28:45 vm2 iscsi: Loading iscsi driver: succeeded
Jul 28 23:28:50 vm2 iscsid[13354]: version 4:0.1.11 variant (12-Jan-2005)
Jul 28 23:28:50 vm2 iscsi: iscsid startup succeeded
Jul 28 23:28:50 vm2 iscsid[13358]: Connected to Discovery Address 10.0.1.2
Jul 28 23:28:50 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet:host44: Login rejected: target error (03/02)
Jul 28 23:28:50 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet:host44: Waiting 1 seconds before next login attempt
Jul 28 23:29:00 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet:host44: Login rejected: target error (03/02)
Jul 28 23:29:00 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet:host44: Waiting 1 seconds before next login attempt
Jul 28 23:29:00 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet:host45: iscsi_recvmsg() failed with rc -104: Connection reset by peer
Jul 28 23:29:00 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet:host45: Login I/O error, failed to receive a PDU
Jul 28 23:29:00 vm2 kernel: iscsi-sfnet:host45: Waiting 1 seconds before next login attempt

[Allan D'Souza]

Can you try without CHAP? Seems like there is an issue with using CHAP.