On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 6:57 PM, wodel youchi <wodel.you...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi again, and sorry for the delay, I was sick, actually I am still > sick.... :-( > > Just to have more details, from what I have read about iSCSI offload, > there are two modes, depending on the hardware you have (the adapter), > using VMware terminology, no offense :-) , there is : > > - Dependent mode : in this mode the adapter still need the software iSCSI > to use the network configuration of the nic port, so the discovery is done > on tcp, the rest on offload driver like bnxi2. > > - Independent mode : in this mode the adapter takes all the work by > itself, the network part, it will have it's own IP address and so on, and > it does not need anything from the OS or the software iSCSI, the > configuration is made in the BIOS of the adapter, and the connection is > made before the OS is up. > > Does the configuration on oVirt support the two modes? and is there any > differences when using them, I mean during the setup. > > [cut] Hello, I've no direct experience, but i suppose that both modes are available, if they are supported by a standard RHEL machine. In particular the "Independent mode" should be like said before: you'll see the storage as FC lun. In the other mode i think is a standard iSCSI setup, but requires the driver for taking advantage of the offloading. Luca -- "E' assurdo impiegare gli uomini di intelligenza eccellente per fare calcoli che potrebbero essere affidati a chiunque se si usassero delle macchine" Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz, Filosofo e Matematico (1646-1716) "Internet è la più grande biblioteca del mondo. Ma il problema è che i libri sono tutti sparsi sul pavimento" John Allen Paulos, Matematico (1945-vivente) Luca 'remix_tj' Lorenzetto, http://www.remixtj.net , < lorenzetto.l...@gmail.com>
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