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sanboot:debian_etch_iscsi [2007/10/25 10:00]
gervystar
sanboot:debian_etch_iscsi [2009/04/27 13:00] (current)
commander1024 the module is called "ib_iser" not "iscsi_iser" (Device Drivers -> infiniband support), checked against the hooks script where module ib_iser is modprobed
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 ====== ​ Debian etch  ====== ====== ​ Debian etch  ======
 +
  
  
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 ===== Preparing an existing installation for iSCSI ===== ===== Preparing an existing installation for iSCSI =====
  
-You can either work with an installation ​on +This howto is based on the following assumptions:​ 
-   physical disk on a client machine or +   base debian etch with all the security updates 
-   - a ''​chroot(8)''​ environment operating ​on a loopback-mounted disk image+   * the system is installed ​on a single partition "/"​ on /dev/sda1 
 +   * there is an already done iscsi target ​on an iscsi server 
 +   * there is working dhcp server
  
-Install the ''​open-iscsi''​ package. +==== Compile iscsistart and fwparam_ibft ====
- +
-   ​apt-get install open-iscsi+
  
 Since two fundamental tools from open-iscsi are not included in the debian package, they have to be compiled from the sources with the following steps (i have used a different machine for all the compilation stuff). Since two fundamental tools from open-iscsi are not included in the debian package, they have to be compiled from the sources with the following steps (i have used a different machine for all the compilation stuff).
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 The two files needed are ''​usr/​iscsistart''​ and ''​utils/​fwparam_ibft/​fwparam_ibft''​ so they have to be copied in ''/​usr/​sbin''​. The two files needed are ''​usr/​iscsistart''​ and ''​utils/​fwparam_ibft/​fwparam_ibft''​ so they have to be copied in ''/​usr/​sbin''​.
 +
 +==== Install the needed packages ====
 +
 +   ​apt-get install iproute
 +
 +==== Disable networking scripts ====
 +
 +The file ''/​etc/​network/​interfaces''​ must contain only the information needed to setup the loopback adapter or some additional network cards not used in the iSCSI boot process.
 +If you have only one interface (in example eth0), be sure to have a stanza like this in ''/​etc/​network/​interfaces''​
 +
 +<​code>​
 +auto eth0
 +iface eth0 inet manual
 +</​code>​
 +
 +So ifupdown will report the network card as "​up",​ otherwise some script will not work well (in exemple the nfs mount).
 +
 +==== Create the initramfs scripts ====
  
 Create two scripts shown below. These scripts have to be executable. Create two scripts shown below. These scripts have to be executable.
-* ''/​etc/​initramfs-tools/​hooks/​iscsi_tcp''​ will copy the ''​iscsi_tcp'',​ ''​iscsi_iser''​ kernel modules followed by their dependancies,​ ''/​usr/​sbin/​iscsistart''​ and ''/​usr/​sbin/​fwparam_ibft''​ to the initial ramdisk.+   * ''/​etc/​initramfs-tools/​hooks/​iscsi_tcp''​ will copy the ''​iscsi_tcp'',​ ''​ib_iser''​ kernel modules followed by their dependancies,​ ''/​usr/​sbin/​iscsistart''​ and ''/​usr/​sbin/​fwparam_ibft''​ to the initial ramdisk.
    * ''/​etc/​initramfs-tools/​scripts/​local-top/​iscsi_tcp''​ is copied to the ram disk and run at boot-time, just before the root filesystem is mounted. If the root device string looks like a SCSI device it brings up the appropriate Ethernet device, sets up the ip address passed through dhcp and connects the root file system on the iSCSI target.    * ''/​etc/​initramfs-tools/​scripts/​local-top/​iscsi_tcp''​ is copied to the ram disk and run at boot-time, just before the root filesystem is mounted. If the root device string looks like a SCSI device it brings up the appropriate Ethernet device, sets up the ip address passed through dhcp and connects the root file system on the iSCSI target.
 +
 +After you have made sure that ''/​etc/​initramfs-tools/​initramfs.conf''​
 +contains the line
 +   ​BUSYBOX=y
 +you can update the initial ramdisk:
 +   ​dpkg-reconfigure linux-image-$(uname -r)
 +
 +If the modifications were applied to a physical disk on the client
 +machine, you can now [[sanboot:​transfer|transfer the contents of your
 +physical disk to the SAN target]].
 +
 +If the image you wish to export to client systems was modified directly,,
 +you can now [[sanboot:​iscsitarget|make the contents of that image available
 +via iSCSI]].
 +
 +==== Hint ====
 +   * If the system hangs before the root device has been mounted, passing ''​break=mount''​ on the command line will spawn a shell before ''​scripts/​local-top/​iscsi_tcp''​ is run. This should allow for further debugging.
 +
 +==== Scripts ====
 +=== /​etc/​initramfs-tools/​hooks/​iscsi_tcp ===
 +<code bash>
 +#!/bin/sh
 + 
 +set  -e
 + 
 +PREREQ=""​
 + 
 +prereqs()
 +{
 +        echo "​$PREREQ"​
 +}
 + 
 +case $1 in
 +prereqs)
 +        prereqs
 +        exit 0
 +        ;;
 +esac
 + 
 +. /​usr/​share/​initramfs-tools/​hook-functions
 +
 +[ -x /​usr/​sbin/​iscsistart ] && copy_exec /​usr/​sbin/​iscsistart /sbin
 +[ -x /​usr/​sbin/​fwparam_ibft ] && copy_exec /​usr/​sbin/​fwparam_ibft /sbin
 +[ -x /sbin/ip ] && copy_exec /sbin/ip /sbin
 +manual_add_modules iscsi_tcp
 +manual_add_modules ib_iser
 +</​code>​
 +
 +=== /​etc/​initramfs-tools/​scripts/​local-top/​iscsi_tcp ===
 +<code bash>
 +#!/bin/sh
 + 
 +set -e
 + 
 +PREREQ="​udev"​
 + 
 +prereqs()
 +{
 +        echo "​$PREREQ"​
 +}
 + 
 +case $1 in
 +prereqs)
 +        prereqs
 +        exit 0
 +        ;;
 +esac
 + 
 +case $ROOT in
 +/dev/sd*)
 +        # Evaluate IBFT parameters
 +        for i in $(fwparam_ibft -b); do export $i; done
 +
 +        #Bring up the interface used to boot
 +        for i in $(ls /​sys/​class/​net);​ do
 +                IFADDR=$(cat /​sys/​class/​net/​$i/​address)
 +                if [ $IFADDR = $iSCSI_INITIATOR_HWADDR ]; then
 +                        echo "Using $i with MAC $IFADDR"​
 +                        export iSCSI_INITIATOR_IF=$i
 +                fi
 +        done
 +
 +        modprobe -q iscsi_tcp
 +        modprobe -q ib_iser
 +
 +        echo "​Bringing up $iSCSI_INITIATOR_IF for iSCSI..."​
 +        ip link set $iSCSI_INITIATOR_IF up
 +        echo "​Setting up networking on $iSCSI_INITIATOR_IF..."​
 +        ip addr add $iSCSI_INITIATOR_IPADDR/​$iSCSI_INITIATOR_MASK brd + dev $iSCSI_INITIATOR_IF
 +        ip route add default via $iSCSI_INITIATOR_GATEWAY
 +
 +        echo "​Connecting to iSCSI target $iSCSI_TARGET_NAME on $iSCSI_TARGET_IPADDR..."​
 +        iscsistart -i $iSCSI_INITIATOR_NAME -t $iSCSI_TARGET_NAME -g 1 -a $iSCSI_TARGET_IPADDR
 +        sleep 5
 +        ;;
 +esac
 +</​code>​
 +
 +
 +===== Using gPXE to boot over iSCSI =====
 +Since my network cards don't support booting via iSCSI, I've used the great gPXE, loading it after a "​standard"​ PXE request.
 +This is called [[:​pxechaining|PXE Chainloading]]
 +
 +A separate stanza containing the right ''​root-path''​ option should be created for each host in ''/​etc/​dhcp3/​dhcpd.conf'',​ like in the example.
 +
 +<​code>​
 +host iscsi-test {
 +                hardware ethernet 00:​0C:​29:​5C:​53:​C2;​
 +                fixed-address 192.168.23.195;​
 +                filename "";​
 +                option root-path "​iscsi:​192.168.23.2::::​iqn.2007-10.org.appliedgenomics:​test.disk1";​
 +}
 +</​code>​
  

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