On Sep 28, 8:58 am, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to use open-iscsi to connect to an iSCSI-based tape
> library. The library has two drives, so there are three IDs.
> Unfortunately, the library is picky about having the same SCSI IDs as
> are configured directly on the library, which means on the iSCSI
> client end I need to make sure that the devices show up with those
> same IDs. This presents two problems:
> 1) Each of the devices is presented as a separate iSCSI target. This
> means that when open-iscsi connects to these three targets, they each
> get put on a different SCSI bus. Any way to force all three targets
> onto the same bus?
> 2) open-iscsi starts ID numbering at 0. Is there any way to configure
> an iSCSI target to show up at a certain ID? So, my tape library is
> SCSI ID 8, my first drive is 9, and my second drive is 10. Is there
> any way to configure these targets to show up at IDs 8, 9, and 10?
>
Are you familar with udev? Each target has a unique name right? Since
each target has one device, you could write a udev rule that grabs the
target name and for target X creates a special /dev/my_device_name for
the tape device accessed through it.
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