From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Wed Jun 22 09:34:14 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 530DBA7A979 for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2016 09:34:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from etnapierala@gmail.com) Received: from mail-lf0-x231.google.com (mail-lf0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4010:c07::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CFBE216A5 for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2016 09:34:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from etnapierala@gmail.com) Received: by mail-lf0-x231.google.com with SMTP id q132so68476791lfe.3 for ; Wed, 22 Jun 2016 02:34:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:mail-followup-to :references:mime-version:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=q+C1nhcgyP7cC5MoMVCBN1MJIS+leblhLVkeYGSeEbQ=; b=lh8bAbVHllHb+ff5S9go87I7yoyg/a1ptTp/zPT6tL6vnaIGdWer2OT5wdlm76ZvhZ rxWLGmOsIQEpEieN9rh6yc0x/nuDEcEkw7Sjf2kERC0uEYpFgdUdYub6cmvIAbfVfJ8w R9T2IlJtn4sjt7QCNwS/73cWw3jgZU8+MuMkUGZwpUu9b69JsucjDy92h1UWzWYgWaFZ fpnyiLQDN6UuR07yZlmKYQWxZPKKrjeKizC4z1eQ5JGHMUjUeh1fnZ8w2PkFcft5s8Uh zNFh8qjaL4hZ58Wb1moArh1slBOZTC7Kh8oNKOXQ1E07529dpLbi20M79PAuwPhPxHhK RqiQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id :mail-followup-to:references:mime-version:content-disposition :in-reply-to:user-agent; bh=q+C1nhcgyP7cC5MoMVCBN1MJIS+leblhLVkeYGSeEbQ=; b=XJmZZ2/3rn8yEOdcocF8IcT2KTrcEADmdXFhHw3roKRVabc6OOsiCbNZHaFu38n1Bf lCJXlOMzyi/oxlZ/Z4dsMEpJXPskh3Kh69Sv0CAbw1R2QqXHsgv8uX/6lWlh4Gk67cqn 28vekel1U0823ukvDYmCVSrlh4ijiLDG720Cq+yutPL/+8Z5u5iug3Giut+498A+GW/x pnrOslk9RtNW9JBEIRolJWOFFNW4XXen+20tJuIC+KH9rQv0krlz0XVOEOeH9jGRH3aB FPtO2x2FiYpIPxogRjRbIAE4Vi4NevEHVWwd1FDWFfOqDyAkuv2hmHuLoklqzlJCABiV 1wrQ== X-Gm-Message-State: ALyK8tKFUL+3qTyAAm+ERa25eSXy/tjpHknqsm0ONXGuUWlwTM4M0tw27HBETbv88RNLzw== X-Received: by 10.28.89.6 with SMTP id n6mr7414198wmb.4.1466588051842; Wed, 22 Jun 2016 02:34:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from brick (acyy175.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl. [83.11.208.175]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r127sm1901971wmf.21.2016.06.22.02.34.10 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Wed, 22 Jun 2016 02:34:10 -0700 (PDT) Sender: =?UTF-8?Q?Edward_Tomasz_Napiera=C5=82a?= Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 11:34:07 +0200 From: Edward Tomasz =?utf-8?Q?Napiera=C5=82a?= To: "Eugene M. Zheganin" Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD as iSCSI target and VMWare ESX Message-ID: <20160622093407.GA2108@brick> Mail-Followup-To: "Eugene M. Zheganin" , freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.org References: <547bf99b-6425-2a99-b4e8-eaa7d88406ab@norma.perm.ru> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <547bf99b-6425-2a99-b4e8-eaa7d88406ab@norma.perm.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.1 (2016-04-27) X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2016 09:34:14 -0000 On 0621T0835, Eugene M. Zheganin wrote: > Hi. > > Guys, does someone have experience with multiple LUNs on a target in > ctld ? Recently I was installing ESX on a bunch of diskless hosts, > connected to FreeBSD ctld. I was organizing them inside one target, > multiple LUNs. As soon as the _count_ of LUNS went over 9, the whole > thing went crazy - ESX were unable to install, showing multiple errors > and not showing more than 10 LUNs from FreeBSD (and they were 11), and > even the last one created was unsuitable for installation. As soon as I > placed these "extra" LUNs inside the separate targets and LUN 0, > everything went back to normal. I understand completely this sounds like > a bad dream. I checked the VMWare limitations > (https://www.vmware.com/pdf/vsphere5/r55/vsphere-55-configuration-maximums.pdf) > - seems like it's supporting 256 LUNs per server. I've also checked > their "iSCSI Best Practices Guide" and nowhere is says "use one LUN from > a target". It's not fair to suspect FreeBSD from the start, but this ML > is a much more frendlier place (at least I feel it to be so) - so, does > anyone have experience providing more than 9 LUNs from a target ? > Because I don't - prior to this I was providing one LUN from each > target, and it seems that I will continue to do so. Do you see anything in the system logs, on either the ESX or FreeBSD side?