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Online Storage Reconfiguration Guide

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Edition 1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Engineering

Mike Christie

Engineering Services and Operations Kernel Storage

Tom Coughlan

Engineering Services and Operations Kernel Storage

Jacquelynn East

Engineering Services and Operations Content Services

Rob Evers

Engineering Services and Operations Kernel Storage

Development Community

Pasi Kärkkäinen

Abstract

This document outlines the different procedures involved in reconfiguring storage devices while the system is running. The document currently addresses iSCSI and Fibre Channel interconnects. Other interconnects may be added in future versions of this document.

Introduction

It is often desirable to add, remove or re-size storage devices while the operating system is running, and without rebooting. This manual outlines the procedures that may be used to reconfigure storage devices on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 host systems while the system is running. It covers iSCSI and Fibre Channel storage interconnects; other interconnect types may be added it the future.
The Online Storage Reconfiguration guide focuses on adding, removing, modifying, and monitoring storage devices. It does not discuss the Fibre Channel or iSCSI protocols in detail. For more information about these protocols, refer to other documentation.
This manual assumes that you have advanced working knowledge of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, along with first-hand experience in managing storage devices in Linux. Before consulting this book, verify if your host bus adapter vendor or hardware vendor have their own documentation. It is recommended that you consult such documents in conjunction with this manual.

Note

This manual makes reference to various sysfs objects. Red Hat advises that the sysfs object names and directory structure are subject to change in major Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 releases. This is because the upstream Linux kernel does not provide a stable internal API. For guidelines on how to reference sysfs objects in a transportable way, refer to the document Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt in the kernel source tree for guidelines.

Warning

Online storage reconfiguration must be done carefully. System failures or interruptions during the process can lead to unexpected results. Red Hat advises that you reduce system load to the maximum extent possible during the change operations. This will reduce the chance of I/O errors, out-of-memory errors, or similar errors occurring in the midst of a configuration change. The following sections provide more specific guidelines regarding this.
In addition, Red Hat recommends that you back up all data before performing online storage reconfiguration. 

Chapter 1. Online Storage Reconfiguration
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1.1. Fibre Channel
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This section discusses the Fibre Channel API, native Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Fibre Channel drivers, and the Fibre Channel capabilities of these drivers.

1.1.1. Fibre Channel API
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Below is a list of /sys/class/ directories that contain files used to provide the userspace API. In each item, host numbers are designated by H, bus numbers are B, targets are T, logical unit numbers (LUNs) are L, and remote port numbers are R.

Important

If your system is using multipath software, Red Hat recommends that you consult your hardware vendor before changing any of the values described in this section.
Transport: /sys/class/fc_transport/targetH:B:T/
  • port_id — 24-bit port ID/address
  • node_name — 64-bit node name
  • port_name — 64-bit port name
Remote Port: /sys/class/fc_remote_ports/rport-H:B-R/
  • port_id
  • node_name
  • port_name
  • dev_loss_tmo — number of seconds to wait before marking a link as "bad". Once a link is marked bad, IO running on its corresponding path (along with any new IO on that path) will be failed.
    The default dev_loss_tmo value varies, depending on which driver/device is used. If a Qlogic adapter is used, the default is 35 seconds, while if an Emulex adapter is used, it is 30 seconds. The dev_loss_tmo value can be changed via the scsi_transport_fc module parameter dev_loss_tmo, although the driver can override this timeout value.
    The maximum dev_loss_tmo value is 600 seconds. If dev_loss_tmo is set to zero or any value greater than 600, the driver's internal timeouts will be used instead.
  • fast_io_fail_tmo — length of time to wait before failing IO executed when a link problem is detected. IO that reaches the driver will fail. If IO is in a blocked queue, it will not be failed until dev_loss_tmo expires and the queue is unblocked.
Host: /sys/class/fc_host/hostH/
  • port_id
  • issue_lip — instructs the driver to rediscover remote ports.

1.1.2. Native Fibre Channel Drivers and Capabilities
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ships with the following native fibre channel drivers:
  • lpfc
  • qla2xxx
  • zfcp
  • mptfc
Table 1.1, “Fibre-Channel API Capabilities” describes the different fibre-channel API capabilities of each native Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 driver. X denotes support for the capability.
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Table 1.1. Fibre-Channel API Capabilities
lpfc qla2xxx zfcp mptfc
Transport port_id X X X X
Transport node_name X X X X
Transport port_name X X X X
Remote Port dev_loss_tmo X X X X
Remote Port fast_io_fail_tmo X X [a]
Host port_id X X X X
Host issue_lip X X
[a] Supported as of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4

1.2. iSCSI
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This section describes the iSCSI API and the iscsiadm utility. Before using the iscsiadm utility, install the iscsi-initiator-utils package first; to do so, run yum install iscsi-initiator-utils.
In addition, the iSCSI service must be running in order to discover or log in to targets. To start the iSCSI service, run service iscsi start

1.2.1. iSCSI API
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To get information about running sessions, run:
iscsiadm -m session -P 3
This command displays the session/device state, session ID (sid), some negotiated parameters, and the SCSI devices accessible through the session.
For shorter output (for example, to display only the sid-to-node mapping), run:
iscsiadm -m session -P 0
or
iscsiadm -m session
These commands print the list of running sessions with the format: 
driver [sid] target_ip:port,target_portal_group_tag proper_target_name
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For example:
iscsiadm -m session 
	
tcp [2] 10.15.84.19:3260,2 iqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.33615311
tcp [3] 10.15.85.19:3260,3 iqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.33615311
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For more information about the iSCSI API, refer to /usr/share/doc/iscsi-initiator-utils-version/README.

1.3. Persistent Naming
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The operating system issues I/O to a storage device by referencing the path that is used to reach it. For SCSI devices, the path consists of the following:
  • PCI identifier of the host bus adapter (HBA)
  • channel number on that HBA
  • the remote SCSI target address
  • the Logical Unit Number (LUN)
This path-based address is not persistent. It may change any time the system is reconfigured (either by on-line reconfiguration, as described in this manual, or when the system is shutdown, reconfigured, and rebooted). It is even possible for the path identifiers to change when no physical reconfiguration has been done, as a result of timing variations during the discovery process when the system boots, or when a bus is re-scanned.
The operating system provides several non-persistent names to represent these access paths to storage devices. One is the /dev/sd name; another is the major:minor number. A third is a symlink maintained in the /dev/disk/by-path/ directory. This symlink maps from the path identifier to the current /dev/sd name. For example, for a Fibre Channel device, the PCI info and Host:BusTarget:LUN info may appear as follows: 
pci-0000:02:0e.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sda
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For iSCSI devices, by-path/ names map from the target name and portal information to the sd name.
It is generally not appropriate for applications to use these path-based names. This is because the storage device these paths reference may change, potentially causing incorrect data to be written to the device. Path-based names are also not appropriate for multipath devices, because the path-based names may be mistaken for separate storage devices, leading to uncoordinated access and unintended modifications of the data.
In addition, path-based names are system-specific. This can cause unintended data changes when the device is accessed by multiple systems, such as in a cluster.
For these reasons, several persistent, system-independent, methods for identifying devices have been developed. The following sections discuss these in detail.

1.3.1. WWID
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The World Wide Identifier (WWID) can be used in reliably identifying devices. It is a persistent, system-independent ID that the SCSI Standard requires from all SCSI devices. The WWID identifier is guaranteed to be unique for every storage device, and independent of the path that is used to access the device.
This identifier can be obtained by issuing a SCSI Inquiry to retrieve the Device Identification Vital Product Data (page 0x83) or Unit Serial Number (page 0x80). The mappings from these WWIDs to the current /dev/sd names can be seen in the symlinks maintained in the /dev/disk/by-id/ directory.
For example, a device with a page 0x83 identifier would have: 
scsi-3600508b400105e210000900000490000 -> ../../sda
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Or, a device with a page 0x80 identifier would have: 
scsi-SSEAGATE_ST373453LW_3HW1RHM6 -> ../../sda
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 automatically maintains the proper mapping from the WWID-based device name to a current /dev/sd name on that system. Applications can use the /dev/disk/by-id/ name to reference the data on the disk, even if the path to the device changes, and even when accessing the device from different systems.
If there are multiple paths from a system to a device, device-mapper-multipath uses the WWID to detect this. Device-mapper-multipath then presents a single "pseudo-device" in /dev/mapper/wwid, such as /dev/mapper/3600508b400105df70000e00000ac0000.
The command multipath -l shows the mapping to the non-persistent identifiers: Host:Channel:Target:LUN, /dev/sd name, and the major:minor number. 
3600508b400105df70000e00000ac0000 dm-2 vendor,product 
[size=20G][features=1 queue_if_no_path][hwhandler=0][rw] 
\_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][active] 
 \_ 5:0:1:1 sdc 8:32  [active][undef] 
 \_ 6:0:1:1 sdg 8:96  [active][undef]
\_ round-robin 0 [prio=0][enabled] 
 \_ 5:0:0:1 sdb 8:16  [active][undef] 
 \_ 6:0:0:1 sdf 8:80  [active][undef]
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Device-mapper-multipath automatically maintains the proper mapping of each WWID-based device name to its corresponding /dev/sd name on the system. These names are persistent across path changes, and they are consistent when accessing the device from different systems.
When the user_friendly_names feature (of device-mapper-multipath) is used, the WWID is mapped to a name of the form /dev/mapper/mpathn. By default, this mapping is maintained in the file /var/lib/multipath/bindings. These mpathn names are persistent as long as that file is maintained.

Warning

The multipath bindings file (by default, /var/lib/multipath/bindings) must be available at boot time. If /var is a separate filesystem from /, then you must change the default location of the file. For more information, refer to http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-17650.

Important

If you use user_friendly_names, then additional steps are required to obtain consistent names in a cluster. Refer to the Consistent Multipath Device Names section in the Using Device-Mapper Multipath book.
In addition to these persistent names provided by the system, you can also use udev rules to implement persistent names of your own, mapped to the WWID of the storage. For more information about this, refer to http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-7319.

1.3.2. UUID and Other Persistent Identifiers
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If a storage device contains a filesystem, then that filesystem may provide one or both of the following:
  • Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)
  • Filesystem label
These identifiers are persistent, and based on metadata written on the device by certain applications. They may also be used to access the device using the symlinks maintained by the operating system in the /dev/disk/by-label/ (e.g. boot -> ../../sda1 ) and /dev/disk/by-uuid/ (e.g. f8bf09e3-4c16-4d91-bd5e-6f62da165c08 -> ../../sda1) directories.
md and LVM write metadata on the storage device, and read that data when they scan devices. In each case, the metadata contains a UUID, so that the device can be identified regardless of the path (or system) used to access it. As a result, the device names presented by these facilities are persistent, as long as the metadata remains unchanged.

1.4. Removing a Storage Device
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Before removing access to the storage device itself, it is advisable to back up data from the device first. Afterwards, flush I/O and remove all operating system references to the device (as described below). If the device uses multipathing, then do this for the multipath "pseudo device" (Section 1.3.1, “WWID”) and each of the identifiers that represent a path to the device. If you are only removing a path to a multipath device, and other paths will remain, then the procedure is simpler, as described in Section 1.6, “Adding a Storage Device or Path”.
Removal of a storage device is not recommended when the system is under memory pressure, since the I/O flush will add to the load. To determine the level of memory pressure, run the command vmstat 1 100; device removal is not recommended if:
  • Free memory is less than 5% of the total memory in more than 10 samples per 100 (the command free can also be used to display the total memory).
  • Swapping is active (non-zero si and so columns in the vmstat output).
The general procedure for removing all access to a device is as follows:

Procedure 1.1. Ensuring a Clean Device Removal

  1. Close all users of the device and backup device data as needed.
  2. Use umount to unmount any file systems that mounted the device.
  3. Remove the device from any md and LVM volume using it. If the device is a member of an LVM Volume group, then it may be necessary to move data off the device using the pvmove command, then use the vgreduce command to remove the physical volume, and (optionally) pvremove to remove the LVM metadata from the disk.
  4. If the device uses multipathing, run multipath -l and note all the paths to the device. Afterwards, remove the multipathed device using multipath -f device.
  5. Run blockdev –flushbufs device to flush any outstanding I/O to all paths to the device. This is particularly important for raw devices, where there is no umount or vgreduce operation to cause an I/O flush.
  6. Remove any reference to the device's path-based name, like /dev/sd, /dev/disk/by-path or the major:minor number, in applications, scripts, or utilities on the system. This is important in ensuring that different devices added in the future will not be mistaken for the current device.
  7. Finally, remove each path to the device from the SCSI subsystem. To do so, use the command echo 1 > /sys/block/device-name/device/delete where device-name may be sde, for example.
    Another variation of this operation is echo 1 > /sys/class/scsi_device/h:c:t:l/device/delete, where h is the HBA number, c is the channel on the HBA, t is the SCSI target ID, and l is the LUN.

    Note

    The older form of these commands, echo "scsi remove-single-device 0 0 0 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi, is deprecated.
You can determine the device-name, HBA number, HBA channel, SCSI target ID and LUN for a device from various commands, such as lsscsi, scsi_id, multipath -l, and ls -l /dev/disk/by-*.
After performing Procedure 1.1, “Ensuring a Clean Device Removal”, a device can be physically removed safely from a running system. It is not necessary to stop I/O to other devices while doing so.
Other procedures, such as the physical removal of the device, followed by a rescan of the SCSI bus (as described in Section 1.8, “Scanning Storage Interconnects”) to cause the operating system state to be updated to reflect the change, are not recommended. This will cause delays due to I/O timeouts, and devices may be removed unexpectedly. If it is necessary to perform a rescan of an interconnect, it must be done while I/O is paused, as described in Section 1.8, “Scanning Storage Interconnects”.

1.5. Removing a Path to a Storage Device
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If you are removing a path to a device that uses multipathing (without affecting other paths to the device), then the general procedure is as follows:

Procedure 1.2. Removing a Path to a Storage Device

  1. Remove any reference to the device's path-based name, like /dev/sd or /dev/disk/by-path or the major:minor number, in applications, scripts, or utilities on the system. This is important in ensuring that different devices added in the future will not be mistaken for the current device.
  2. Take the path offline using echo offline > /sys/block/sda/device/state.
    This will cause any subsequent IO sent to the device on this path to be failed immediately. Device-mapper-multipath will continue to use the remaining paths to the device.
  3. Remove the path from the SCSI subsystem. To do so, use the command echo 1 > /sys/block/device-name/device/delete where device-name may be sde, for example (as described in Procedure 1.1, “Ensuring a Clean Device Removal”).
After performing Procedure 1.2, “Removing a Path to a Storage Device”, the path can be safely removed from the running system. It is not necessary to stop I/O while this is done, as device-mapper-multipath will re-route I/O to remaining paths according to the configured path grouping and failover policies.
Other procedures, such as the physical removal of the cable, followed by a rescan of the SCSI bus to cause the operating system state to be updated to reflect the change, are not recommended. This will cause delays due to I/O timeouts, and devices may be removed unexpectedly. If it is necessary to perform a rescan of an interconnect, it must be done while I/O is paused, as described in Section 1.8, “Scanning Storage Interconnects”.

1.6. Adding a Storage Device or Path
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When adding a device, be aware that the path-based device name (/dev/sd name, major:minor number, and /dev/disk/by-path name, for example) the system assigns to the new device may have been previously in use by a device that has since been removed. As such, ensure that all old references to the path-based device name have been removed. Otherwise, the new device may be mistaken for the old device.

Procedure 1.3. Add a storage device or path

  1. The first step in adding a storage device or path is to physically enable access to the new storage device, or a new path to an existing device. This is done using vendor-specific commands at the Fibre Channel or iSCSI storage server. When doing so, note the LUN value for the new storage that will be presented to your host. If the storage server is Fibre Channel, also take note of the World Wide Node Name (WWNN) of the storage server, and determine whether there is a single WWNN for all ports on the storage server. If this is not the case, note the World Wide Port Name (WWPN) for each port that will be used to access the new LUN.
  2. Next, make the operating system aware of the new storage device, or path to an existing device. The recommended command to use is: 
    # echo "c t l" > /sys/class/scsi_host/hosth/scan
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    In the previous command, h is the HBA number, c is the channel on the HBA, t is the SCSI target ID, and l is the LUN.

    Note

    The older form of this command, echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 0 0" > /proc/scsi/scsi, is deprecated.
    1. In some Fibre Channel hardware, a newly created LUN on the RAID array may not be visible to the operating system until a Loop Initialization Protocol (LIP) operation is performed. Refer to Section 1.8, “Scanning Storage Interconnects” for instructions on how to do this.

      Important

      It will be necessary to stop I/O while this operation is executed if an LIP is required.
    2. If a new LUN has been added on the RAID array but is still not being configured by the operating system, confirm the list of LUNs being exported by the array using the sg_luns command, part of the sg3_utils package. This will issue the SCSI REPORT LUNS command to the RAID array and return a list of LUNs that are present.
    For Fibre Channel storage servers that implement a single WWNN for all ports, you can determine the correct h,c,and t values (i.e. HBA number, HBA channel, and SCSI target ID) by searching for the WWNN in sysfs. For example, if the WWNN of the storage server is 0x5006016090203181, use: 
    # grep 5006016090203181 /sys/class/fc_transport/*/node_name
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    This should display output similar to the following: 
    /sys/class/fc_transport/target5:0:2/node_name:0x5006016090203181 
/sys/class/fc_transport/target5:0:3/node_name:0x5006016090203181 
/sys/class/fc_transport/target6:0:2/node_name:0x5006016090203181 
/sys/class/fc_transport/target6:0:3/node_name:0x5006016090203181
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    This indicates there are four Fibre Channel routes to this target (two single-channel HBAs, each leading to two storage ports). Assuming a LUN value is 56, then the following command will configure the first path: 
    # echo "0 2 56" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host5/scan
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    This must be done for each path to the new device.
    For Fibre Channel storage servers that do not implement a single WWNN for all ports, you can determine the correct HBA number, HBA channel, and SCSI target ID by searching for each of the WWPNs in sysfs.
    Another way to determine the HBA number, HBA channel, and SCSI target ID is to refer to another device that is already configured on the same path as the new device. This can be done with various commands, such as lsscsi, scsi_id, multipath -l, and ls -l /dev/disk/by-*. This information, plus the LUN number of the new device, can be used as shown above to probe and configure that path to the new device.
  3. After adding all the SCSI paths to the device, execute the multipath command, and check to see that the device has been properly configured. At this point, the device can be added to md, LVM, mkfs, or mount, for example.
If the steps above are followed, then a device can safely be added to a running system. It is not necessary to stop I/O to other devices while this is done. Other procedures involving a rescan (or a reset) of the SCSI bus, which cause the operating system to update its state to reflect the current device connectivity, are not recommended while storage I/O is in progress.

1.7. Technology Preview: Fibre-Channel Over Ethernet Interface
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The fcoe-utilspackage, which provides a Fibre-Channel Over Ethernet interface, is enabled as a Technology Preview in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.10. However, this Technology Preview excludes the dcdb package, which provides the data center bridging demon.

Important

For further information about Technology Previews, refer to https://access.redhat.com/support/offerings/techpreview/.

1.8. Scanning Storage Interconnects
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There are several commands available that allow you to reset and/or scan one or more interconnects, potentially adding and removing multiple devices in one operation. This type of scan can be disruptive, as it can cause delays while I/O operations timeout, and remove devices unexpectedly. As such, Red Hat recommends that this type of scan be used only when necessary. In addition, the following restrictions must be observed when scanning storage interconnects:
  1. All I/O on the effected interconnects must be paused and flushed before executing the procedure, and the results of the scan checked before I/O is resumed.
  2. As with removing a device, interconnect scanning is not recommended when the system is under memory pressure. To determine the level of memory pressure, run the command vmstat 1 100; interconnect scanning is not recommended if free memory is less than 5% of the total memory in more than 10 samples per 100. It is also not recommended if swapping is active (non-zero si and so columns in the vmstat output). The command free can also display the total memory.
The following commands can be used to scan storage interconnects.
echo "1" > /sys/class/fc_host/host/issue_lip
This operation performs a Loop Initialization Protocol (LIP) and then scans the interconnect and causes the SCSI layer to be updated to reflect the devices currently on the bus. A LIP is, essentially, a bus reset, and will cause device addition and removal. This procedure is necessary to configure a new SCSI target on a Fibre Channel interconnect.
Bear in mind that issue_lip is an asynchronous operation. The command may complete before the entire scan has completed. You must monitor /var/log/messages to determine when it is done.
The lpfc and qla2xxx drivers support issue_lip. For more information about the API capabilities supported by each driver in Red Hat Enterprise Linux, refer to Table 1.1, “Fibre-Channel API Capabilities”.
/usr/bin/rescan-scsi-bus.sh
This script is included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 and all future updates. By default, this script scans all the SCSI buses on the system, updating the SCSI layer to reflect new devices on the bus. The script provides additional options to allow device removal and the issuing of LIPs. For more information about this script (including known issues), refer to Section 1.15, “Adding/Removing a Logical Unit Through rescan-scsi-bus.sh”.
echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/hosth/scan
This is the same command described in Section 1.6, “Adding a Storage Device or Path” to add a storage device or path. In this case, however, the channel number, SCSI target ID, and LUN values are replaced by wildcards. Any combination of identifiers and wildcards is allowed, allowing you to make the command as specific or broad as needed. This procedure will add LUNs, but not remove them.
rmmod driver-name or modprobe driver-name
These commands completely re-initialize the state of all interconnects controlled by the driver. Although this is extreme, it may be appropriate in some situations. This may be used, for example, to re-start the driver with a different module parameter value.

Warning

Various problems have been seen when unloading and reloading drivers. Although some of these problems have been addressed, the problems will be present in previous releases. Additionally, current releases may have unresolved problems. Driver loading and unloading should not be done in a production environment.

1.9.  iSCSI Discovery Configuration
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The default iSCSI configuration file is /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf. This file contains iSCSI settings used by iscsid and iscsiadm.
During target discovery, the iscsiadm tool uses the settings in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf to create two types of records:
Node records in /var/lib/iscsi/nodes
When logging into a target, iscsiadm uses the settings in this file.
Discovery records in /var/lib/iscsi/discovery_type
When performing discovery to the same destination, iscsiadm uses the settings in this file.
Before using different settings for discovery, delete the current discovery records (i.e. /var/lib/iscsi/discovery_type) first. To do this, use the following command:
iscsiadm -m discovery -t discovery_type -p target_IP:port -o delete[1]
Here, discovery_type can be either sendtargets, isns, or fw. [2]
There are two ways to reconfigure discovery record settings:
  • Edit the /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file directly prior to performing a discovery. Discovery settings use the prefix discovery; to view them, run:
    iscsiadm -m discovery -t discovery_type -p target_IP:port
  • Alternatively, iscsiadm can also be used to directly change discovery record settings, as in:
    iscsiadm -m discovery -t discovery_type -p target_IP:port -o update -n setting -v %value
    Refer to man iscsiadm for more information on available settings and valid values for each.
After configuring discovery settings, any subsequent attempts to discover new targets will use the new settings. Refer to Section 1.11, “Scanning iSCSI Interconnects” for details on how to scan for new iSCSI targets.
For more information on configuring iSCSI target discovery, refer to the man pages of iscsiadm and iscsid. The /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf file also contains examples on proper configuration syntax.

1.10.  Configuring iSCSI Offload and Interface Binding
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This chapter describes how to set up iSCSI interfaces in order to bind a session to a NIC port when using software iSCSI. It also describes how to set up interfaces for use with network devices that support offloading; namely, devices from Chelsio, Broadcom and ServerEngines.
The network subsystem can be configured to determine the path/NIC that iSCSI interfaces should use for binding. For example, if portals and NICs are set up on different subnets, then it is not necessary to manually configure iSCSI interfaces for binding.
Before attempting to configure an iSCSI interface for binding, run the following command first:
ping -I ethX target_IP[1]
If ping fails, then you will not be able to bind a session to a NIC. If this is the case, check the network settings first.

1.10.1.  Viewing Available iface Configurations
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5 supports iSCSI offload and interface binding for the following iSCSI initiator implementations:
  • Software iSCSI — like the scsi_tcp and ib_iser modules, this stack allocates an iSCSI host instance (i.e. scsi_host) per session, with a single connection per session. As a result, /sys/class_scsi_host and /proc/scsi will report a scsi_host for each connection/session you are logged into.
  • Offload iSCSI — like the Chelsio cxgb3i, Broadcom bnx2i and ServerEngines be2iscsi modules, this stack allocates a scsi_host for each PCI device. As such, each port on a host bus adapter will show up as a different PCI device, with a different scsi_host per HBA port.
To manage both types of initiator implementations, iscsiadm uses the iface structure. With this structure, an iface configuration must be entered in /var/lib/iscsi/ifaces for each HBA port, software iSCSI, or network device (ethX) used to bind sessions.
To view available iface configurations, run iscsiadm -m iface. This will display iface information in the following format: 
iface_name transport_name,hardware_address,ip_address,net_ifacename,initiator_name
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Refer to the following table for an explanation of each value/setting.
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Table 1.2. iface Settings
Setting Description
iface_name iface configuration name.
transport_name Name of driver
hardware_address MAC address
ip_address IP address to use for this port
net_iface_name Name used for the vlan or alias binding of a software iSCSI session. For iSCSI offloads, net_iface_name will be <empty> because this value is not persistent across reboots.
initiator_name This setting is used to override a default name for the initiator, which is defined in /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi
The following is a sample output of the iscsiadm -m iface command: 
iface0 qla4xxx,00:c0:dd:08:63:e8,20.15.0.7,default,iqn.2005-06.com.redhat:madmax
iface1 qla4xxx,00:c0:dd:08:63:ea,20.15.0.9,default,iqn.2005-06.com.redhat:madmax
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For software iSCSI, each iface configuration must have a unique name (with less than 65 characters). The iface_name for network devices that support offloading appears in the format transport_name.hardware_name.
For example, the sample output of iscsiadm -m iface on a system using a Chelsio network card might appear as: 
default tcp,<empty>,<empty>,<empty>,<empty>
iser iser,<empty>,<empty>,<empty>,<empty>
cxgb3i.00:07:43:05:97:07 cxgb3i,00:07:43:05:97:07,<empty>,<empty>,<empty>
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It is also possible to display the settings of a specific iface configuration in a more friendly way. To do so, use the option -I iface_name. This will display the settings in the following format: 
iface.setting = value
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Using the previous example, the iface settings of the same Chelsio video card (i.e. iscsiadm -m iface -I cxgb3i.00:07:43:05:97:07) would appear as: 
# BEGIN RECORD 2.0-871
iface.iscsi_ifacename = cxgb3i.00:07:43:05:97:07
iface.net_ifacename = <empty>
iface.ipaddress = <empty>
iface.hwaddress = 00:07:43:05:97:07
iface.transport_name = cxgb3i
iface.initiatorname = <empty>
# END RECORD
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1.10.2.  Configuring an iface for Software iSCSI
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As mentioned earlier, an iface configuration is required for each network object that will be used to bind a session.
To create an iface configuration for software iSCSI, run the following command:
iscsiadm -m iface -I iface_name --op=new
This will create a new empty iface configuration with a specified iface_name. If an existing iface configuration already has the same iface_name, then it will be overwritten with a new, empty one.
To configure a specific setting of an iface configuration, use the following command:
iscsiadm -m iface -I iface_name --op=update -n iface.setting -v hw_address
For example, to set the MAC address (hardware_address) of iface0 to 00:0F:1F:92:6B:BF, run:
iscsiadm -m iface -I iface0 - -op=update -n iface.hwaddress -v 00:0F:1F:92:6B:BF

Warning

Do not use default or iser as iface names. Both strings are special values used by iscsiadm for backward compatibility. Any manually-created iface configurations named default or iser will disable backwards compatibility.

1.10.3.  Configuring an iface for iSCSI Offload
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By default, iscsiadm will create an iface configuration for each Chelsio, Broadcom, and ServerEngines port. To view available iface configurations, use the same command for doing so in software iSCSI, i.e. iscsiadm -m iface.
Before using the iface of a network card for iSCSI offload, first set the IP address (target_IP[1]) that the device should use. For ServerEngines devices that use the be2iscsi driver (i.e. ServerEngines iSCSI HBAs), the IP address is configured in the ServerEngines BIOS setup screen.
For Chelsio and Broadcom devices, the procedure for configuring the IP address is the same as for any other iface setting. So to configure the IP address of the iface, use:
iscsiadm -m iface -I iface_name -o update -n iface.ipaddress -v target_IP
For example, to set the iface IP address of a Chelsio card (with iface name cxgb3i.00:07:43:05:97:07) to 20.15.0.66, use:
iscsiadm -m iface -I cxgb3i.00:07:43:05:97:07 -o update -n iface.ipaddress -v 20.15.0.66

1.10.4.  Binding/Unbinding an iface to a Portal
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Whenever iscsiadm is used to scan for interconnects, it will first check the iface.transport settings of each iface configuration in /var/lib/iscsi/ifaces. The iscsiadm utility will then bind discovered portals to any iface whose iface.transport is tcp.
This behavior was implemented for compatibility reasons. To override this, use the -I iface_name to specify which portal to bind to an iface, as in:
iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p target_IP:port -I iface_name -P 1[1]
By default, the iscsiadm utility will not automatically bind any portals to iface configurations that use offloading. This is because such iface configurations will not have iface.transport set to tcp. As such, the iface configurations of Chelsio, Broadcom, and ServerEngines ports need to be manually bound to discovered portals.
It is also possible to prevent a portal from binding to any existing iface. To do so, use default as the iface_name, as in:
iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p IP:port -I default -P 1
To remove the binding between a target and iface, use:
iscsiadm -m node -targetname proper_target_name -I iface0 --op=delete[3]
To delete all bindings for a specific iface, use:
iscsiadm -m node -I iface_name --op=delete
To delete bindings for a specific portal (e.g. for EqualLogic targets), use:
iscsiadm -m node -p IP:port -I iface_name --op=delete

Note

If there are no iface configurations defined in /var/lib/iscsi/iface and the -I option is not used, iscsiadm will allow the network subsystem to decide which device a specific portal should use.

1.11. Scanning iSCSI Interconnects
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For iSCSI, if the targets send an iSCSI async event indicating new storage is added, then the scan is done automatically. Cisco MDS™ and EMC Celerra™ support this feature.
However, if the targets do not send an iSCSI async event, you need to manually scan them using the iscsiadm utility. Before doing so, however, you need to first retrieve the proper --targetname and the --portal values. If your device model supports only a single logical unit and portal per target, use iscsiadm to issue a sendtargets command to the host, as in:
iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p target_IP:port[1]
The output will appear in the following format: 
target_IP:port,target_portal_group_tag proper_target_name
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For example, on a target with a proper_target_name of iqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.33615311 and a target_IP:port of 10.15.85.19:3260, the output may appear as: 
10.15.84.19:3260,2 iqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.33615311
10.15.85.19:3260,3 iqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.33615311
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In this example, the target has two portals, each using target_ip:ports of 10.15.84.19:3260 and 10.15.85.19:3260.
To see which iface configuration will be used for each session, add the -P 1 option. This option will print also session information in tree format, as in: 
    Target: proper_target_name
        Portal: target_IP:port,target_portal_group_tag
           Iface Name: iface_name
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For example, with iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p 10.15.85.19:3260 -P 1, the output may appear as: 
Target: iqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.33615311
    Portal: 10.15.84.19:3260,2
       Iface Name: iface2
    Portal: 10.15.85.19:3260,3
       Iface Name: iface2
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This means that the target iqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.33615311 will use iface2 as its iface configuration.
With some device models (e.g. from EMC and Netapp), however, a single target may have multiple logical units and/or portals. In this case, issue a sendtargets command to the host first to find new portals on the target. Then, rescan the existing sessions using:
iscsiadm -m session --rescan
You can also rescan a specific session by specifying the session's SID value, as in:
iscsiadm -m session -r SID --rescan[4]
If your device supports multiple targets, you will need to issue a sendtargets command to the hosts to find new portals for each target. Then, rescan existing sessions to discover new logical units on existing sessions (i.e. using the --rescan option).

Important

The sendtargets command used to retrieve --targetname and --portal values overwrites the contents of the /var/lib/iscsi/nodes database. This database will then be repopulated using the settings in /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf. However, this will not occur if a session is currently logged in and in use.
To safely add new targets/portals or delete old ones, use the -o new or -o delete options, respectively. For example, to add new targets/portals without overwriting /var/lib/iscsi/nodes, use the following command: 
iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p target_IP -o new
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To delete /var/lib/iscsi/nodes entries that the target did not display during discovery, use: 
iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p target_IP -o delete
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You can also perform both tasks simultaneously, as in: 
iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p target_IP -o delete -o new
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The sendtargets command will yield the following output: 
ip:port,target_portal_group_tag proper_target_name
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For example, given a device with a single target, logical unit, and portal, with equallogic-iscsi1 as your target_name, the output should appear similar to the following: 
10.16.41.155:3260,0 iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:6-8a0900-ac3fe0101-63aff113e344a4a2-dl585-03-1
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Note that proper_target_name and ip:port,target_portal_group_tag are identical to the values of the same name in Section 1.2.1, “iSCSI API”.
At this point, you now have the proper --targetname and --portal values needed to manually scan for iSCSI devices. To do so, run the following command:
iscsiadm --mode node --targetname proper_target_name --portal ip:port,target_portal_group_tag
Using our previous example (where proper_target_name is equallogic-iscsi1), the full command would be:
iscsiadm --mode node --targetname \ iqn.2001-05.com.equallogic:6-8a0900-ac3fe0101-63aff113e344a4a2-dl585-03-1 \ --portal 10.16.41.155:3260,0 [5]

Note

It is possible to append a --login option to a discovery command. This combines the two steps of discovering target portals and logging in to them. For example, iscsiadm --mode node --targetname proper_target_name --portal ip:port,target_portal_group_tag\ --login[5]

1.12.  Logging In to an iSCSI Target
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As mentioned in Section 1.2, “iSCSI”, the iSCSI service must be running in order to discover or log into targets. To start the iSCSI service, run:
service iscsi start
When this command is executed, the iSCSI init scripts will automatically log into targets where the node.startup setting is configured as automatic. This is the default value of node.startup for all targets.
To prevent automatic login to a target, set node.startup to manual. To do this, run the following command:
iscsiadm -m node --targetname proper_target_name -p target_IP:port -o update -n node.startup -v manual
Deleting the entire record will also prevent automatic login. To do this, run:
iscsiadm -m node --targetname proper_target_name -p target_IP:port -o delete
To automatically mount a file system from an iSCSI device on the network, add a partition entry for the mount in /etc/fstab with the _netdev option. For example, to automatically mount the iSCSI device sdb to /mount/iscsi during startup, add the following line to /etc/fstab: 
/dev/sdb /mnt/iscsi ext3 _netdev 0 0
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To manually log in to an iSCSI target, use the following command:
iscsiadm -m node --targetname proper_target_name -p target_IP:port -l

Note

The proper_target_name and target_IP:port refer to the full name and IP address/port combination of a target. For more information, refer to Section 1.2.1, “iSCSI API” and Section 1.11, “Scanning iSCSI Interconnects”.

1.13. Online Logical Units
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This chapter will cover resizing online logical units, including resizing fibre channel logical units, resizing an iSCSI logical units, and updating the size of a multipath device, as well as changing the read/write state of onlin logical units.

1.13.1. Resizing an Online Logical Unit
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In most cases, fully resizing an online logical unit involves two things: resizing the logical unit itself and reflecting the size change in the corresponding multipath device (if multipathing is enabled on the system).
To resize the online logical unit, start by modifying the logical unit size through the array management interface of your storage device. This procedure differs with each array; as such, consult your storage array vendor documentation for more information on this.

Note

In order to resize an online file system, the file system must not reside on a partitioned device.
1.13.1.1. Resizing Fibre Channel Logical Units
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After modifying the online logical unit size, re-scan the logical unit to ensure that the system detects the updated size. To do this for Fibre Channel logical units, use the following command:
echo 1 > /sys/block/sdX/device/rescan

Important

To re-scan fibre channel logical units on a system that uses multipathing, execute the aforementioned command for each sd device (i.e. sd1, sd2, and so on) that represents a path for the multipathed logical unit. To determine which devices are paths for a multipath logical unit, use multipath -ll; then, find the entry that matches the logical unit being resized. It is advisable that you refer to the WWID of each entry to make it easier to find which one matches the logical unit being resized.
1.13.1.2. Resizing an iSCSI Logical Unit
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After modifying the online logical unit size, re-scan the logical unit to ensure that the system detects the updated size. To do this for iSCSI devices, use the following command:
iscsiadm -m node --targetname target_name -R[1]
Replace target_name with the name of the target where the device is located.

Note

You can also re-scan iSCSI logical units using the following command:
iscsiadm -m node -R -I interface
Replace interface with the corresponding interface name of the resized logical unit (for example, iface0). This command performs two operations:
  • It scans for new devices in the same way that the command echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host/scan does (refer to Section 1.11, “Scanning iSCSI Interconnects”).
  • It re-scans for new/modified logical units the same way that the command echo 1 > /sys/block/sdX/device/rescan does. Note that this command is the same one used for re-scanning fibre-channel logical units.
1.13.1.3. Updating the Size of Your Multipath Device
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If multipathing is enabled on your system, you will also need to reflect the change in logical unit size to the logical unit's corresponding multipath device (after resizing the logical unit). For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 (or later), you can do this through multipathd. To do so, first ensure that multipathd is running using service multipathd status. Once you've verified that multipathd is operational, run the following command:
multipathd -k"resize map multipath_device"
The multipath_device variable is the corresponding multipath entry of your device in /dev/mapper. Depending on how multipathing is set up on your system, multipath_device can be either of two formats:
  • mpathX, where X is the corresponding entry of your device (for example, mpath0)
  • a WWID; for example, 3600508b400105e210000900000490000
To determine which multipath entry corresponds to your resized logical unit, run multipath -ll. This displays a list of all existing multipath entries in the system, along with the major and minor numbers of their corresponding devices.

Important

Do not use multipathd -k"resize map multipath_device" if there are any commands queued to multipath_device. That is, do not use this command when the no_path_retry parameter (in /etc/multipath.conf) is set to "queue", and there are no active paths to the device.
If your system is using Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0-5.2, you will need to perform the following procedure to instruct the multipathd daemon to recognize (and adjust to) the changes you made to the resized logical unit:

Procedure 1.4. Resizing the Corresponding Multipath Device (Required for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0 - 5.2)

  1. Dump the device mapper table for the multipathed device using:
    dmsetup table multipath_device
  2. Save the dumped device mapper table as table_name. This table will be re-loaded and edited later.
  3. Examine the device mapper table. Note that the first two numbers in each line correspond to the start and end sectors of the disk, respectively.
  4. Suspend the device mapper target:
    dmsetup suspend multipath_device
  5. Open the device mapper table you saved earlier (i.e. table_name). Change the second number (i.e. the disk end sector) to reflect the new number of 512 byte sectors in the disk. For example, if the new disk size is 2GB, change the second number to 4194304.
  6. Reload the modified device mapper table:
    dmsetup reload multipath_device table_name
  7. Resume the device mapper target:
    dmsetup resume multipath_device
For more information about multipathing, refer to the Using Device-Mapper Multipath guide (in http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/).

1.14. Changing the Read/Write State of an Online Logical Unit
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Certain storage devices provide the user with the ability to change the state of the device from Read/Write (R/W) to Read-Only (RO), and from RO to R/W. This is typically done through a management interface on the storage device. The operating system will not automatically update its view of the state of the device when a change is made. Follow the procedures described in this chapter to make the operating system aware of the change.
Run the following command, replacing XYZ with the desired device designator, to determine the operating system's current view of the R/W state of a device: 
# blockdev --getro /dev/sdXYZ
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The following command is also available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6: 
# cat /sys/block/sdXYZ/ro 1 = read-only 0 = read-write
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When using multipath, refer to the ro or rw field in the second line of output from the multipath -ll command. For example: 
36001438005deb4710000500000640000 dm-8 GZ,GZ500
[size=20G][features=0][hwhandler=0][ro]
\_ round-robin 0 [prio=200][active]
 \_ 6:0:4:1  sdax 67:16  [active][ready]
 \_ 6:0:5:1  sday 67:32  [active][ready]
\_ round-robin 0 [prio=40][enabled]
 \_ 6:0:6:1  sdaz 67:48  [active][ready]
 \_ 6:0:7:1  sdba 67:64  [active][ready]
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To change the R/W state, use the following procedure:

Procedure 1.5. Change the R/W state

  1. To move the device from RO to R/W, see step 2.
    To move the device from R/W to RO, ensure no further writes will be issued. Do this by stopping the application, or through the use of an appropriate, application-specific action.
    Ensure that all outstanding write I/Os are complete with the following command: 
    # blockdev -flushbufs /dev/device
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    Replace device with the desired designator; for a device mapper multipath, this is the entry for your device in dev/mapper. For example, /dev/mapper/mpath3.
  2. Use the management interface of the storage device to change the state of the logical unit from R/W to RO, or from RO to R/W. The procedure for this differs with each array. Consult applicable storage array vendor documentation for more information.
  3. Perform a re-scan of the device to update the operating system's view of the R/W state of the device. If using a device mapper multipath, perform this re-scan for each path to the device before issuing the command telling multipath to reload its device maps.
    This process is explained in further detail in Section 1.14.1, “Rescanning logical units”.

1.14.1. Rescanning logical units
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After modifying the online logical unit Read/Write state, as described in Section 1.14, “Changing the Read/Write State of an Online Logical Unit”, re-scan the logical unit to ensure the system detects the updated state with the following command: 
# echo 1 > /sys/block/sdX/device/rescan
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To re-scan logical units on a system that uses multipathing, execute the above command for each sd device that represents a path for the multipathed logical unit. For example, run the command on sd1, sd2 and all other sd devices. To determine which devices are paths for a multipath unit, use multipath -11, then find the entry that matches the logical unit to be changed.

Example 1.1. Use of the multipath -11 command

For example, the multipath -11 above shows the path for the LUN with WWID 36001438005deb4710000500000640000. In this case, enter: 
# echo 1 > /sys/block/sdax/device/rescan
# echo 1 > /sys/block/sday/device/rescan
# echo 1 > /sys/block/sdaz/device/rescan
# echo 1 > /sys/block/sdba/device/rescan
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1.14.2. Updating the R/W state of a multipath device
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If multipathing is enabled, after rescanning the logical unit, the change in its state will need to be reflected in the logical unit's corresponding multipath drive. Do this by reloading the multipath device maps with the following command: 
# multipath -r
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The multipath -11 command can then be used to confirm the change.

1.14.3. Documentation
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Further information can be found in the Red Hat Knowledgebase. To access this, navigate to https://www.redhat.com/wapps/sso/login.html?redirect=https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/ and log in. Then access the article at https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-32850.
The sg3_utils package provides the rescan-scsi-bus.sh script, which can automatically update the logical unit configuration of the host as needed (after a device has been added to the system). The rescan-scsi-bus.sh script can also perform an issue_lip on supported devices. For more information about how to use this script, refer to rescan-scsi-bus.sh --help.
To install the sg3_utils package, run yum install sg3_utils.

Known Issues With rescan-scsi-bus.sh
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When using the rescan-scsi-bus.sh script, take note of the following known issues:
  • A race condition requires that rescan-scsi-bus.sh be run twice if logical units are mapped for the first time. During the first scan, rescan-scsi-bus.sh only adds LUN0; all other logical units are added in the second scan.
  • A bug in the rescan-scsi-bus.sh script incorrectly executes the functionality for recognizing a change in logical unit size when the --remove option is used.
  • The rescan-scsi-bus.sh script does not recognize ISCSI logical unit removals.

1.17. Controlling the SCSI Command Timer and Device Status
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The Linux SCSI layer sets a timer on each command. When this timer expires, the SCSI layer will quiesce the host bus adapter (HBA) and wait for all outstanding commands to either time out or complete. Afterwards, the SCSI layer will activate the driver's error handler.
When the error handler is triggered, it attempts the following operations in order (until one successfully executes):
  1. Abort the command.
  2. Reset the device.
  3. Reset the bus.
  4. Reset the host.
If all of these operations fail, the device will be set to the offline state. When this occurs, all IO to that device will be failed, until the problem is corrected and the user sets the device to running.
The process is different, however, if a device uses the fibre channel protocol and the rport is blocked. In such cases, the drivers wait for several seconds for the rport to become online again before activating the error handler. This prevents devices from becoming offline due to temporary transport problems.

Device States
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To display the state of a device, use:
cat /sys/block/device-name/device/state
To set a device to running state, use:
echo running > /sys/block/device-name/device/state

Command Timer
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To control the command timer, you can write to /sys/block/device-name/device/timeout. To do so, run:
echo value /sys/block/device-name/device/timeout
Here, value is the timeout value (in seconds) you want to implement.
Alternatively, you can also modify the timeout udev rule. To do so, open /etc/udev/rules.d/50-udev.rules. You should find the following lines: 
	
ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEM=="scsi" , SYSFS{type}=="0|7|14", \
RUN+="/bin/sh -c 'echo 60 > /sys$$DEVPATH/timeout'"
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echo 60 refers to the timeout length, in seconds; in this case, timeout is set at 60 seconds. Replace this value with your desired timeout length.
Note that the default timeout for normal file system commands is 60 seconds when udev is being used. If udev is not in use, the default timeout is 30 seconds.

1.18. Troubleshooting
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This section provides solution to common problems users experience during online storage reconfiguration.
Logical unit removal status is not reflected on the host.
When a logical unit is deleted on a configured filer, the change is not reflected on the host. In such cases, lvm commands will hang indefinitely when dm-multipath is used, as the logical unit has now become stale.
To work around this, perform the following procedure:

Procedure 1.8. Working Around Stale Logical Units

  1. Determine which mpath link entries in /etc/lvm/cache/.cache are specific to the stale logical unit. To do this, run the following command:
    ls -l /dev/mpath | grep stale-logical-unit
  2. For example, if stale-logical-unit is 3600d0230003414f30000203a7bc41a00, the following results may appear: 
    lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Aug  2 10:33 /3600d0230003414f30000203a7bc41a00 -> ../dm-4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 7 Aug  2 10:33 /3600d0230003414f30000203a7bc41a00p1 -> ../dm-5
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    This means that 3600d0230003414f30000203a7bc41a00 is mapped to two mpath links: dm-4 and dm-5.
  3. Next, open /etc/lvm/cache/.cache. Delete all lines containing stale-logical-unit and the mpath links that stale-logical-unit maps to.
    Using the same example in the previous step, the lines you need to delete are: 
    /dev/dm-4 
/dev/dm-5 
/dev/mapper/3600d0230003414f30000203a7bc41a00
/dev/mapper/3600d0230003414f30000203a7bc41a00p1
/dev/mpath/3600d0230003414f30000203a7bc41a00
/dev/mpath/3600d0230003414f30000203a7bc41a00p1
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[1] The target_IP and port variables refer to the IP address and port combination of a target/portal, respectively. For more information, refer to Section 1.2.1, “iSCSI API” and Section 1.11, “Scanning iSCSI Interconnects”.
[2] For details on different types of discovery, refer to the DISCOVERY TYPES section of man iscsiadm.
[3] Refer to Section 1.11, “Scanning iSCSI Interconnects” for information on proper_target_name.
[4] For information on how to retrieve a session's SID value, refer to Section 1.2.1, “iSCSI API”.
[5] This is a single command split into multiple lines, to accommodate printed and PDF versions of this document. All concatenated lines — preceded by the backslash (\) — should be treated as one command, sans backslashes.
[6] Prior to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4, the default NOP-Out requests time out was 15 seconds.

Appendix A. Revision History
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Revision History
Revision 1-26Tue Apr 15 2014Jacquelynn East
Removed a paragraph in Known Issues with rescan-scsi-bus.sh that is no longer an issue BZ#840471.
Revision 1-24Tue Oct 1 2013Jacquelynn East
Build for 5.10 GA.
Revision 1-20Tue May 28 2013Laura Bailey
BZ#679275 Noted fcoe-utils as a Technology Preview.
Revision 1-19Fri May 17 2013Jacquelynn East
BZ#853780 fixed typo, removed --login from scanning command, added note to explain --login use.
Revision 1-17Wed May 15 2013Jacquelynn East
BZ#820284 added warning to modprobe information.
Revision 1-16Wed Jul 11 2012Jacquelynn East
BZ#610908 added extra chapter
Revision 1-15Fri May 25 2012Jacquelynn East
BZ#784408 added extra info to procedure
Revision 1-13Thu May 24 2012Jacquelynn East
BZ#610908 Add section on changing R/W states
Revision 1-9Fri Sep 16 2011Jacquelynn East
BZ#690065

Index
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Symbols

/dev/disk
persistent naming, Persistent Naming

A

adding paths to a storage device, Adding a Storage Device or Path
API, fibre channel, Fibre Channel API
API, iSCSI, iSCSI API

B

blocked device, verifying
fibre channel
modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel

C

changing dev_loss_tmo
fibre channel
modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel
Changing the read/write state
Online logical units, Changing the Read/Write State of an Online Logical Unit
command timer (SCSI)
Linux SCSI layer, Command Timer
controlling SCSI command timer and device status
Linux SCSI layer, Controlling the SCSI Command Timer and Device Status

D

determining remote port states
fibre channel
modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel
device status
Linux SCSI layer, Device States
devices, removing, Removing a Storage Device
dev_loss_tmo
fibre channel
modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel
fibre channel API, Fibre Channel API
dev_loss_tmo, changing
fibre channel
modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel
disabling NOP-Outs
iSCSI configuration, iSCSI Root
dm-multipath
iSCSI configuration, iSCSI Settings With dm-multipath
drivers (native), fibre channel, Native Fibre Channel Drivers and Capabilities

E

entries, device mapper table, Updating the Size of Your Multipath Device

F

fast_io_fail_tmo
fibre channel API, Fibre Channel API
fibre channel API, Fibre Channel API
fibre channel drivers (native), Native Fibre Channel Drivers and Capabilities

H

host
fibre channel API, Fibre Channel API

I

iSCSI API, iSCSI API
iSCSI logical unit, resizing, Resizing an iSCSI Logical Unit
iSCSI root
iSCSI configuration, iSCSI Root
issue_lip
fibre channel API, Fibre Channel API

M

modifying link loss behavior, Modifying Link Loss Behavior
fibre channel, Fibre Channel

N

native fibre channel drivers, Native Fibre Channel Drivers and Capabilities
NOP-Out requests
modifying link loss
iSCSI configuration, NOP-Out Interval/Timeout
NOP-Outs (disabling)
iSCSI configuration, iSCSI Root

O

offline status
Linux SCSI layer, Controlling the SCSI Command Timer and Device Status
Online logical units, Online Logical Units
Changing the read/write state, Changing the Read/Write State of an Online Logical Unit

P

path to storage devices, adding, Adding a Storage Device or Path
path to storage devices, removing, Removing a Path to a Storage Device
persistent naming, Persistent Naming
port states (remote), determining
fibre channel
modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel

Q

queue_if_no_path
iSCSI configuration, iSCSI Settings With dm-multipath
modifying link loss
iSCSI configuration, replacement_timeout

R

remote port
fibre channel API, Fibre Channel API
remote port states, determining
fibre channel
modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel
remove_on_dev_loss
fibre channel
modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel: remove_on_dev_loss
removing devices, Removing a Storage Device
removing paths to a storage device, Removing a Path to a Storage Device
replacement_timeout
modifying link loss
iSCSI configuration, SCSI Error Handler, replacement_timeout
replacement_timeoutM
iSCSI configuration, iSCSI Root
resized logical units, resizing, Resizing an Online Logical Unit
resizing an iSCSI logical unit, Resizing an iSCSI Logical Unit
resizing multipath device
resizing online resized logical units, Updating the Size of Your Multipath Device
resizing resized logical units, Resizing an Online Logical Unit
running sessions, retrieving information about
iSCSI API, iSCSI API
running status
Linux SCSI layer, Controlling the SCSI Command Timer and Device Status

S

scanning storage interconnects, Scanning Storage Interconnects
SCSI command timer
Linux SCSI layer, Command Timer
SCSI Error Handler
modifying link loss
iSCSI configuration, SCSI Error Handler
specific session timeouts, configuring
iSCSI configuration, Configuring Timeouts for a Specific Session
storage interconnects, scanning, Scanning Storage Interconnects
symbolic links in /dev/disk
persistent naming, Persistent Naming

T

timeouts for a specific session, configuring
iSCSI configuration, Configuring Timeouts for a Specific Session
transport
fibre channel API, Fibre Channel API

U

udev
persistent naming, WWID
udev rule (timeout)
command timer (SCSI), Command Timer
Universally Unique Identifier (UUID)
persistent naming, UUID and Other Persistent Identifiers
userspace API files
fibre channel API, Fibre Channel API
UUID
persistent naming, UUID and Other Persistent Identifiers

V

verifying if a device is blocked
fibre channel
modifying link loss behavior, Fibre Channel

W

World Wide Identifier (WWID)
persistent naming, WWID
WWID
persistent naming, WWID
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