[ewg] [PATCH] IB/iser: updates for iSER release notes for OFED 1.3
Erez Zilber
erezz at voltaire.com
Mon Jan 7 00:45:33 PST 2008
updates for iSER release notes for OFED 1.3
Signed-off-by: Erez Zilber <erezz at voltaire.com>
---
iser_release_notes.txt | 36 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/iser_release_notes.txt b/iser_release_notes.txt
index 70786ad..aa1bf7c 100644
--- a/iser_release_notes.txt
+++ b/iser_release_notes.txt
@@ -20,35 +20,49 @@
SLES 10
SLES 10 sp1
+ RHAS 4 up4
+ RHAS 4 up5
+ RHAS 4 up6
RHEL 5
+ RHEL 5.1
The release has been tested against Voltaire iSCSI over iSER target
- running in Voltaire's IB/Fibre-Channel router. It was also tested
- against FalconStor's iSCSI over iSER target (IPStor).
+ running in Voltaire's IB/Fibre-Channel router (SR4G).
* Installation/upgrade of open-iscsi
If iSER is selected to be installed with OFED, open-iscsi will be also
installed (or upgraded if another version of open-iscsi is already
installed). Installing/upgrading open-iscsi is required for iSER to
- work properly.
+ work properly. Before installing OFED, please make sure that no version
+ of open-iscsi is installed or add the following key to your ofed.conf
+ file: upgrade_open_iscsi=yes. Using this key will remove any old version
+ of open-iscsi.
-* Known issues
+ If an older version of open-iscsi was installed, it is recommended to
+ delete its records before running open-iscsi. This can easily be done by
+ running the following command (while open-iscsi is stopped):
+
+ rm -rf /etc/iscsi/nodes/* /etc/iscsi/send_targets/*
+
+ Then, open-iscsi may be started, and targets may be discovered by running
+ 'iscsi_discovery <target_ip>'.
- SCSI command aborts may cause some instabilities
-
* iSER links
- WIKI pages
+ Wiki pages
- information on building/configuring/running the open iscsi initiator w.
- iSER https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-index.php?page=iSER
+ Information on building/configuring/running the open iscsi initiator over
+ iSER: https://wiki.openfabrics.org/tiki-index.php?page=iSER
IETF pages
iSCSI and iSER specifications come out of the IETF IP storage (IPS) work
- group http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/ips-charter.html.
+ group.
+
+ iSCSI specification: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3720.txt
+ iSER specification: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5046.txt
- "ABOUT" page
+ "About" page
general and detailed information on iSCSI and iSER
http://www.voltaire.com/Products/Server_Products/iSER_iSCSI_RDMA
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