A quick guide to setup IP SAN using Linux-Netapp-iscsi.

On Linux server :

1. Install iSCSI initiator (iscsi-initiator-utils rpm) on your linux machine. This will create

the necessary binaries and will create /etc/iscsi.conf and /etc/initiatorname.iscsi

2. Add iscsi-iname to /etc/initiatorname.iscsi .

[root@unixfoo ~]# iscsi-iname iqn.1987-05.com.cisco:01.44c65d9587d9 [root@unixfoo ~]#

Add the output to /etc/initiatorname.iscsi

3. Add the below lines to /etc/iscsi.conf

Continuous=no HeaderDigest=never DataDigest=never ImmediateData=yes DiscoveryAddress=192.185.12.12

DiscoveryAddress should be the IP address of the storage. On Netappfiler :

1. Make sure you have iscsi license enabled.

2. Create volume for holding the iscsiluns.

filer1>vol create iscsivol aggr01 100g

3. Create lun on the volume

filer1>lun create -s 50g -t linux /vol/iscsivol/lun1

4. Create an igroup and add the Linux iscsi-iname to it.

filer1>igroup create -i -t linuxiscsigrp filer1>igroup add iscsigrp iqn.1987-05.com.cisco:01.44c65d9587d9 filer1>igroup show iscsigrp (iSCSI) (ostype: linux): iqn.1987-05.com.cisco:01.44c65d9587d9 (logged in on: iswta) filer1>
5. Map the lun to the iscsi-group.

filer1>lun map /vol/iscsivol/lun1 iscsigrp 0

6. Enable only one interface for iscsi use and disable others

filer1>iswt interface disable e7 filer1>iswt interface show Interface e0 disabled Interface e4 enabled Interface e5 disabled Interface e7 disabled filer1>
7. Done on the Netapp side.

On Linux again :

1. Start iscsi initiator

[root@unixfoo ~]# /etc/init.d/iscsi start Checking iscsiconfig: Loading iscsi driver: Starting iscsid: [root@unixfoo ~]#
2. Set iscsi initiator to start automatically after reboot.

[ OK ] [ OK ] [ OK ]

[root@unixfoo ~]# chkconfig iscsi on

3. Check whether the iscsilun shows up on the linux machine.

[root@unixfoo ~]# iscsi-ls ******************************************************************************* SFNetiSCSI Driver Version ...4:0.1.11-3(02-May-2006) ******************************************************************************* TARGET NAME TARGET ALIAS HOST ID BUS ID TARGET ID TARGET ADDRESS SESSION STATUS SESSION ID :2 :0 :0 : 192.185.12.12:3260,2 : ESTABLISHED AT Sat Dec 29 21:55:37 PST 2007 : ISID 00023d000001 TSIH 501 : : iqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.50380528

DEVICE DETAILS: --------------LUN ID : 0

Vendor: NETAPP Model: LUN Type: Direct-Access

Rev: 0.2 ANSI SCSI revision: 04

page83 type3: 60a980004f6444662653053584516d34 page80: 4f6444516d344305358066265a Device: /dev/sdb

******************************************************************************* [root@unixfoo ~]#

4. Now you have a new device in your linux box (/dev/sdb) - that is your iscsi device.

You can create filesystem on it and use it.

5. Done!