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Chapter VII. iSCSI PDU Offload Target
i. While using rpm-tar-ball for installation
Note
a. Uninstallation will result into chiscsi.conf file
b. Its advised to take a backup of chiscsi.conf file before you do an
ii. Installation/uninstallation using source-tar-ball will neither remove the conf
file nor rename it. It will always be intact. However it's recommended to
always take a backup of your configuration file for both methods of
installation.
A sample iSCSI configuration file will be installed in
file should be edited using a standard text editor and customized to fit your environment.
2. Set iSCSI service to automatically start at bootup
chelsio-target
The
/etc/sysconfig/chiscsi
script are installed at
To auto-start the iSCSI target service at a certain runlevel, e.g. runlevel 3,
used on Red Hat and Novell / SuSE based systems as follows:
[root@host]# chkconfig –-level 3 chelsio-target on
chelsio-target
The
loads the kernel module, and starts all the targets configured by default. It can also be used to
stop the targets, and restart/reload configuration.
For the script to execute properly, make sure the following flag is set on all
Note
kernel.org kernels.
# CONFIG_MODULE_FORCE_LOAD=y
Chelsio T5/T4 Unified Wire For Linux
chiscsi.conf.rpmsave, but if again uninstallation is done then it will
lead to overwriting of the old chiscsi.rpmsave file.
uninstallation and installation of new/same unified wire package. As
re-installing/upgrading unified-wire package may lead to loss of
chiscsi.conf file.
service scripts are installed to
service scripts do basic checks before starting the iSCSI target service,
/etc/chelsio-iscsi/chiscsi.conf
/etc/init.d
and the parameters for the
. The script is installed as a system service.
renamed into
. This
chkconfig
can be
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