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iSCSI : Configure Initiator2024/11/01

 
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
# set to the same IQN you set on the iSCSI target server

InitiatorName=iqn.2024-11.world.srv:node01.initiator
[root@node01 ~]#
vi /etc/iscsi/iscsid.conf
# line 74 : uncomment

node.session.auth.authmethod = CHAP
# line 86,87 : 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

10.0.0.30:3260,1 iqn.2024-11.world.srv:dlp.target01

# confirm status after discovery

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

# BEGIN RECORD 6.2.1.10
node.name = iqn.2024-11.world.srv:dlp.target01
node.tpgt = 1
node.startup = automatic
node.leading_login = No
iface.iscsi_ifacename = default
.....
.....
node.conn[0].iscsi.DataDigest = None
node.conn[0].iscsi.IFMarker = No
node.conn[0].iscsi.OFMarker = No
# END RECORD

# login to the target
# if logout ⇒ iscsiadm --mode node --logoutall=all

[root@node01 ~]#
iscsiadm -m node --login -p 10.0.0.30

Logging in to [iface: default, target: iqn.2024-11.world.srv:dlp.target01, portal: 10.0.0.30,3260]
Login to [iface:[ 1694.174351] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Preferred minimum I/O size 512 bytes
 default, target[ 1694.174841] sd 6:0:0:0: [sdb] Optimal transfer size 8388608 bytes
: iqn.2024-11.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.2024-11.world.srv:dlp.target01 (non-flash)
# confirm the partitions

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

major minor  #blocks  name

  11        0    1048575 sr0
 252        0   31457280 sda
 252        1       1024 sda1
 252        2    1048576 sda2
 252        3   30405632 sda3
 253        0   15728640 dm-0
 251        0    3998720 zram0
   8        0   10485760 sdb
# added new device provided from the target server as [sdb]
[2] After setting iSCSI device, configure on Initiator to use it like follows.
# create label

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

# create partition

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

# format with XFS

[root@node01 ~]#
mkfs.xfs /dev/sdb1

meta-data=/dev/sdb1              isize=512    agcount=4, agsize=655232 blks
         =                       sectsz=4096  attr=2, projid32bit=1
         =                       crc=1        finobt=1, sparse=1, rmapbt=0
         =                       reflink=1    bigtime=1 inobtcount=1
data     =                       bsize=4096   blocks=2620928, imaxpct=25
         =                       sunit=0      swidth=0 blks
naming   =version 2              bsize=4096   ascii-ci=0, ftype=1
log      =internal log           bsize=4096   blocks=16384, version=2
         =                       sectsz=4096  sunit=1 blks, lazy-count=1
realtime =none                   extsz=4096   blocks=0, rtextents=0

[root@node01 ~]#
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt

[root@node01 ~]#
df -hT

Filesystem              Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/fedora-root xfs        15G  2.0G   14G  13% /
devtmpfs                devtmpfs  4.0M     0  4.0M   0% /dev
tmpfs                   tmpfs     2.0G     0  2.0G   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs                   tmpfs     782M  1.1M  781M   1% /run
tmpfs                   tmpfs     1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-journald.service
tmpfs                   tmpfs     1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-network-generator.service
tmpfs                   tmpfs     1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-udev-load-credentials.service
tmpfs                   tmpfs     1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-sysctl.service
tmpfs                   tmpfs     1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev-early.service
tmpfs                   tmpfs     1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
tmpfs                   tmpfs     1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-vconsole-setup.service
tmpfs                   tmpfs     2.0G     0  2.0G   0% /tmp
/dev/vda2               xfs       960M  316M  645M  33% /boot
tmpfs                   tmpfs     1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
tmpfs                   tmpfs     1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/systemd-resolved.service
tmpfs                   tmpfs     1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/getty@tty1.service
tmpfs                   tmpfs     1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /run/credentials/serial-getty@ttyS0.service
tmpfs                   tmpfs     391M  4.0K  391M   1% /run/user/0
/dev/sdb1               xfs        10G  227M  9.8G   3% /mnt
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