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iSCSI : Configure iSCSI Initiator2021/07/26

 
Configure iSCSI Initiator.
This example is based on the environment like follows.
+----------------------+          |          +----------------------+
| [   iSCSI Target   ] |10.0.0.30 | 10.0.0.51| [ iSCSI Initiator  ] |
|     dlp.srv.world    +----------+----------+   node01.srv.world   |
|                      |                     |                      |
+----------------------+                     +----------------------+

[1] Configure iSCSI Initiator to connect to iSCSI Target.
[root@node01 ~]#
dnf -y install iscsi-initiator-utils
[root@node01 ~]#
vi /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi
# change to the same IQN you set on the iSCSI target server

InitiatorName=
iqn.2021-07.world.srv:node01.initiator01
[root@node01 ~]#
vi /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf
# line 58 : uncomment

node.session.auth.authmethod = CHAP
# line 69,70 : uncomment and specify the username and password you set on the iSCSI target server

node.session.auth.username =
username

node.session.auth.password =
password
# discover target

[root@node01 ~]#
iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p 10.0.0.30

[ 2704.827383] Loading iSCSI transport class v2.0-870.
[ 2704.848709] iscsi: registered transport (tcp)
10.0.0.30:3260,1 iqn.2021-07.world.srv:dlp.target01

# confirm status after discovery

[root@node01 ~]#
iscsiadm -m node -o show

# BEGIN RECORD 2.1.2
node.name = iqn.2021-07.world.srv:dlp.target01
node.tpgt = 1
node.startup = automatic
node.leading_login = No
iface.iscsi_ifacename = default
.....
.....
node.conn[0].iscsi.HeaderDigest = None
node.conn[0].iscsi.DataDigest = None
node.conn[0].iscsi.IFMarker = No
node.conn[0].iscsi.OFMarker = No
# END RECORD

# login to the target

[root@node01 ~]#
iscsiadm -m node --login

Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.2021-07.world.srv:dlp.target01, portal: 10.0.0.30,3260]
Login to [iface: default, target: iqn.2021-07.world.srv:dlp.target01, portal: 10.0.0.30,3260] successful.

# confirm the established session

[root@node01 ~]#
iscsiadm -m session -o show

tcp: [1] 10.0.0.30:3260,1 iqn.2021-07.world.srv:dlp.target01 (non-flash)
# confirm the partitions

[root@node01 ~]#
cat /proc/partitions

major minor  #blocks  name

 252        0   31457280 sda
 252        1    1048576 sda1
 252        2   30407680 sda2
 252       16   83886080 sdb
 252       17   83885056 sdb1
 253        0   27258880 dm-0
 253        1    3145728 dm-1
   8        0   10485760 sdc
# added new device provided from the target server as [sdc]
[2] After setting iSCSI device, configure on Initiator to use it like follwos.
# create label

[root@node01 ~]#
parted --script /dev/sdc "mklabel gpt"

# create partiton

[root@node01 ~]#
parted --script /dev/sdc "mkpart primary 0% 100%"

# format with XFS

[root@node01 ~]#
mkfs.xfs -i size=1024 -s size=4096 /dev/sdc1

meta-data=/dev/sdc1              isize=1024   agcount=4, agsize=654336 blks
         =                       sectsz=4096  attr=2, projid32bit=1
         =                       crc=1        finobt=1, sparse=1, rmapbt=0
         =                       reflink=1
data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=2617344, imaxpct=25
         =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks
naming   =version 2              bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0, ftype=1
log      =internal log           bsize=4096   blocks=2560, version=2
         =                       sectsz=4096  sunit=1 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none                   extsz=4096   blocks=0, rtextents=0

[root@node01 ~]#
mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt

[root@node01 ~]#
df -hT

Filesystem          Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
devtmpfs            devtmpfs  1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev
tmpfs               tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs               tmpfs     1.9G  8.6M  1.9G   1% /run
tmpfs               tmpfs     1.9G     0  1.9G   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
/dev/mapper/rl-root xfs        26G  2.2G   24G   9% /
/dev/vda1           xfs      1014M  201M  814M  20% /boot
tmpfs               tmpfs     374M     0  374M   0% /run/user/0
/dev/sda1           xfs        10G   99M  9.9G   1% /mnt
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