ZFS and iSCSI
I was asked to share out the pool on the X4500 via NFS and iSCIS. NFS I was familiar with, and have used a fair amount. iSCSI for all its new hotness factor, I've never touched.
I was unsurprised, but pleased, with how trivial it is to set up.
On the server (the target):
x4500# zfs create tank/iscsi x4500# zfs set shareiscsi=on tank/iscsi x4500# zfs create -s -V 25g tank/iscsi/vol001 x4500# zfs create -s -V 25g tank/iscsi/vol002 x4500# zfs create -s -V 25g tank/iscsi/vol003 x4500# zfs create -s -V 25g tank/iscsi/vol004 x4500# zfs create -s -V 25g tank/iscsi/vol005 x4500# zfs create -s -V 25g tank/iscsi/vol006 x4500# zfs list tank tank 1.39G 13.3T 53.3K /tank tank/iscsi 1.54M 13.3T 44.8K /tank/iscsi tank/iscsi/vol001 246K 13.3T 246K - tank/iscsi/vol002 246K 13.3T 246K - tank/iscsi/vol003 247K 13.3T 247K - tank/iscsi/vol004 262K 13.3T 262K - tank/iscsi/vol005 263K 13.3T 263K - tank/iscsi/vol006 264K 13.3T 264K - tank/nfs 1.39G 13.3T 1.39G /tank/nfs
This will start the iSCSI service (iscsigtd
) and share not only the parent
volume (tank/iscsi
) but all the children as well.
Accessing and using the disks on the client (the initiator) is just as easy:
client# iscsiadm modify discovery --sendtargets enable client# iscsiadm add discovery-address 10.0.100.40 client# svcadm enable initiator client# iscsiadm list target Target: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:7ea6450a-4a26-cfe5-d679-fe0dbabe66b9 Alias: tank/iscsi/vol001 TPGT: 1 ISID: 4000002a0000 Connections: 1 Target: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:61d314ce-f4b3-ed1f-9891-e0c6c52f5601 Alias: tank/iscsi/vol002 TPGT: 1 ISID: 4000002a0000 Connections: 1 Target: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:eaea5a32-f54a-6d04-a453-888a580504c2 Alias: tank/iscsi/vol003 TPGT: 1 ISID: 4000002a0000 Connections: 1 Target: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:05272769-bd4a-6b54-8d6f-f525af20ad08 Alias: tank/iscsi/vol004 TPGT: 1 ISID: 4000002a0000 Connections: 1 Target: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:fb296689-109e-cb6d-9515-a07f581a81ce Alias: tank/iscsi/vol005 TPGT: 1 ISID: 4000002a0000 Connections: 1 Target: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:ec71ac8e-e417-ce3f-891c-ee1febdf9120 Alias: tank/iscsi/vol006 TPGT: 1 ISID: 4000002a0000 Connections: 1 client# format /pci@0,0/pci-ide@1,1/ide@0/cmdk@0,0 1. c1t600144F04B66BAA30000144F21056400d0 <default cyl alt hd sec> /scsi_vhci/disk@g600144f04b66baa30000144f21056400 2. c1t600144F04B66BAA40000144F21056400d0 <default cyl alt hd sec> /scsi_vhci/disk@g600144f04b66baa40000144f21056400 3. c1t600144F04B66BAA50000144F21056400d0 <default cyl alt hd sec> /scsi_vhci/disk@g600144f04b66baa50000144f21056400 4. c1t600144F04B66BAA60000144F21056400d0 <default cyl alt hd sec> /scsi_vhci/disk@g600144f04b66baa60000144f21056400 5. c1t600144F04B66BAA80000144F21056400d0 <default cyl alt hd sec> /scsi_vhci/disk@g600144f04b66baa80000144f21056400 6. c1t600144F04B66BAA90000144F21056400d0 <default cyl alt hd sec> /scsi_vhci/disk@g600144f04b66baa90000144f21056400 client# zpool create tank \ raidz c1t600144F04B66BAA30000144F21056400d0 c1t600144F04B66BAA40000144F21056400d0 c1t600144F04B66BAA50000144F21056400d0 \ raidz c1t600144F04B66BAA60000144F21056400d0 c1t600144F04B66BAA80000144F21056400d0 c1t600144F04B66BAA90000144F21056400d0 client# zpool status -v tank pool: tank state: ONLINE scrub: none requested config: NAME STATE READ WRITE CKSUM tank ONLINE 0 0 0 raidz1 ONLINE 0 0 0 c1t600144F04B66BAA30000144F21056400d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 c1t600144F04B66BAA40000144F21056400d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 c1t600144F04B66BAA50000144F21056400d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 raidz1 ONLINE 0 0 0 c1t600144F04B66BAA60000144F21056400d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 c1t600144F04B66BAA80000144F21056400d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 c1t600144F04B66BAA90000144F21056400d0 ONLINE 0 0 0 errors: No known data errors
Very nice.
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