DSS 1.30 FC 4GB Target Mode

[kowo]

hi gavin,

thanks for your quick reply.

I'm using the QLA2462 (PCI-X) in the Open-E Server and the QLE2462 (PCI-E) in the ESX Server (dell pe2950).

My problem is that the open-e system crashes or the fc-connection is lost during accessing the volumes.

open-e shows the error "Disabling IRQ #16"

do you have this errormessage to? did you upgrade the qlogic firmware?

Your performance sounds great, what storage hardware do you use?


best regards, wolfgang

[gharding]

I know there is an issue with FC and esx server there is a forum on this site with other users having a similar issue. The IRQ disable error I have seen with the latest version release but there is a small update that resolves this. Have you tried down loading the latest version that is in development, this may resolve the esx and irq issue

[kowo]

i'm using 1.37 B2910 RC from the "In_Engineering_Phase" subdir.

is the small update you mean included?

[gharding]

I am using the same version and it should be included, it may be worth while contact open-s support as they may have a fix. I am using dell 2950 servers with 2GB cards and all ok and 1950 has the 4GB card in and I have no irq problems

[Crosscreek]

How do I assign a FC target to an alias/WWN?

[gharding]

1. Create a FC volume (this does not need to initialzed)
2. In FC Target Manager, click on the Groups (heading), create a new group
3. In FC Target Manager, click on the WWN Alias (heading), create a alias(the WWN number must be in the format of xx:xx:xx etc...)
4. Go into the FC group you created
5. Add the FC Volume and the WWN Alias
6. you may need to restart your client computer to see the drive.

Please note this works only on the 2GB cards in the DSS at the moment