*'fcoeadm -c eth2.10' *
doesn't work, I receive the error:  ' fcoeadm: Failed to open
/sys/module/fcoe/parameters/create'

*'echo eth2.10 > /sys/module/libfcoe/parameters**/create_vn2vn'*
Nothing happens, in Wireshark trace I see the following messages:
Probe request
Claim notification
and a lot of beacon messages

*'echo eth2.10 > /sys/module/libfcoe/parameters**/create'*
I have the successful FLOGI , but the client can't connect me (I can't find
the PLOGI and PRLI accept, see attached file)

Natti


On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 3:34 AM, Robert Love <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> On 01/16/2014 07:18 AM, Bart Van Assche wrote:
>
>> On 01/15/14 21:36, Robert Love wrote:
>>
>>> On 01/15/2014 05:23 AM, Natti Shwarts wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to work with SCSI target over FCoE. (using fileio sample of
>>>> SCST)
>>>> I'm using Linux 3.8.13 , Intel 10G card and HP5900 switch with VSAN 10
>>>> for
>>>> FCoE.
>>>>
>>> I am not familiar with the SCST commands to be able to tell you if
>>> you're using it right. I might be able to give you some pointers to help
>>> debug though.
>>>
>>>  The problem is that the target doesn't send FLOGI to the switch.
>>>> (I have windows client that works with the same switch and configuration
>>>> and succeed to login)
>>>>
>>>> The following is the operation sequence I perform:
>>>> - vconfig add eth2 10
>>>> - load scst, scst_user
>>>> - fileio_tgt disk0 file0 disk1 file1
>>>> - modprobe fcoe
>>>> - echo eth2.10 > /sys/module/libfcoe/parameters/create_vn2vn  (fcoeadm
>>>> -c
>>>> eth2.10  returned an error)
>>>>
>>> This is definitely a problem.
>>>
>>> * Does eth2.10 exist? Was the VLAN configured on the switch? How did you
>>> configure it on the host/target? Did you manually create the vlan or did
>>> you use the 'fipvlan' application to discover/create it?
>>>
>>> * What was the output of the 'echo' command? Why did it fail?
>>>
>>> * What did the log files say (dmesg/messages)? You can also turn on
>>> debug_logging for the fcoe kernel modules to get more details. I
>>> wouldn't bother with fcoe.ko at this point as its debug_logging is very
>>> verbose. You could try the following commands after the modprobe.
>>>
>>> # echo 0xFFFF > /sys/module/libfcoe/parameters/debug_logging
>>> # echo 0xFFFF > /sys/module/libfc/parameters/debug_logging
>>>
>>>  - modprobe fcst
>>>> - echo "add disk0 0" >
>>>> /sys/kernel/scst_tgt/targets/fcst/20\:01\:b8\:ca\:3a\:62\:
>>>> 82\:f9/luns/mgmt
>>>>
>>>> - echo "add disk1 1" >
>>>> /sys/kernel/scst_tgt/targets/fcst/20\:01\:b8\:ca\:3a\:62\:
>>>> 82\:f9/luns/mgmt
>>>>
>>>> - echo 1 >
>>>> /sys/kernel/scst_tgt/targets/fcst/20\:01\:b8\:ca\:3a\:62\:
>>>> 82\:f9/enabled
>>>>
>>>> My questions are:
>>>> 1. What is wrong with the above sequence ?
>>>>
>>> You should have stopped at the fcoeadm fail, no need to proceed with the
>>> failure.
>>>
>>>> 2. Do you have any idea why fcoeadm fails ?
>>>>
>>> No, I don't have any information about the failure to draw a conclusion.
>>>
>>>  3. Is "fcoeadm -c eth2.10" is exactly the same as "echo eth2.10 >
>>>> /sys/module/libfcoe/parameters/create_vn2vn  " ?
>>>>
>>> No. 'fcoeadm -c eth2.10' with do 'Fabric Mode' and not VN2VN.
>>>
>>> I'm not sure what kernel version you're using. For a while we did not
>>> have VN2VN support in fcoeadm. Only in more recent kernels did we change
>>> the sysfs interfaces to use files in /sys/bus/fcoe/. This change allowed
>>> us to add VN2VN support to fcoeadm with the '-m|--mode' option. The
>>> 'echo' method is how you enable VN2VN on older kernels. On newer kernels
>>> that method will still work, but it is deprecated because of the new
>>> interfaces.
>>>
>> I have tried the sequence mentioned by Natti myself. What I see on the
>> initiator system with kernel 3.13-rc8 is the following:
>> * When not using VLAN (eth0), login works fine - the SCSI devices exported
>>    by the target system appear at the initiator side.
>> * When using VLAN, no SCSI devices appear after reloading the fcoe module
>>    on the initiator system. However, about 22 seconds later a kernel crash
>>    is triggered. From the netconsole output:
>>
>
> I tried to reproduce this with TCM and fcoe with 3.13-rc8 and it sent me
> in a slightly different direction from what you were testing, Bart.
>
> I tried the fcoe_sysfs vn2vn create (i.e. ethX > ctlr_create, vn2vn >
> mode, 1 > enabled). I tried with a VLAN and without and neither worked.
>
> I tried the legacy create (i.e. echo ethX > create_vn2vn) with no-vlan and
> it worked, luns discovered.
>
> I think the problem for me is that with fcoe_sysfs the mode defaults to
> FABRIC until the user sets the mode to VN2VN. When the fcoe_interface is
> created via the 'echo ethX > ctlr_create' it does the dev_uc_add based on
> the fact that it's in FABRIC mode and it doesn't tell the networking layer
> to listen for the VN2VN well-known addresses. When the mode is set by the
> user later, these MACs aren't updated.
>
>         if (fip->mode == FIP_MODE_VN2VN) {
>                 printk(KERN_ERR "RWL RWL RWL - listening on ALL_VN2VN\n");
>                 dev_mc_add(netdev, FIP_ALL_VN2VN_MACS);
>                 dev_mc_add(netdev, FIP_ALL_P2P_MACS);
>         } else
>                 dev_mc_add(netdev, FIP_ALL_ENODE_MACS);
>
> I wrote a hacky patch to fix this, but it didn't seem to fix it for me, so
> I've got something wrong.
>
> Natti, I'm curious what happens for you if you don't do the 'fcoeadm -c
> eth2.10' and instead only do the 'echo eth2.10 > /sys/module/libfcoe/
> parameters/create_vn2vn'.
>
> //Rob
>
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