Description of problem: When installing RHEL5.9 build, it was not able to start iscsi session. The same settings worked fine on RHEL6.3 iscsiadm -m fw iscsiadm: Could not get list of targets from firmware. (err 21) The server is using an embedded BCM card for booting. iSCSI boot to target: disabled HBA mode: enabled Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): iscsid version 2.0-872.13.el5 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1.Install RHEL5.9 build 2.break install and check if iscsi session is available (iscsiadm -m session) Actual results: iscsiadm -m session iscsiadm: No active sessions Expected results: iscsi session should be displayed Additional info: tried on storageqe-11
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Darn. I have not changed anything in rhel5.9 from rhel 5.8.
Actually it does not look like a regression. I reproduced the issue with RHEL5.8 using the same settings. on BIOS there is: eth0 for PXE boot eth1 iSCSI boot boot to target is disabled and HBA mode enabled. On RHEL6.3 I have: sh-4.1# iscsiadm -m fw # BEGIN RECORD 2.0-872.41.el6 iface.initiatorname = iqn.1994-05.com.redhat:storageqe-11 iface.transport_name = tcp iface.hwaddress = e8:39:35:20:de:cd iface.bootproto = DHCP iface.ipaddress = 10.16.71.1 iface.subnet_mask = 255.255.248.0 iface.gateway = 10.16.71.254 iface.primary_dns = 10.16.36.29 iface.secondary_dns = 10.16.255.2 iface.vlan_id = 0 iface.net_ifacename = eth1 node.name = iqn.1992-08.com.netapp:sn.151753773 node.conn[0].address = 10.16.43.127 node.conn[0].port = 3260 node.boot_lun = 00000000 # END RECORD
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