Hi,
I now use the LIO iSCSI target instead of IET, but it seems one feature in IET is missing from LIO: iSNS.
With IET, registering the target to an iSNS server is just a matter of adding "iSNSServer" to the configuration file. With LIO, I assume that I need an additional component to register my targets to an iSNS server.
I found this page on linux-iscsi.org, but its content seems outdated.
http://linux-iscsi.org/wiki/ISNS
I tried linuxisns [1] and open-isns [2] but I did not manage to make them work. Moreover, they are probably not maintained anymore.
Does anyone know a good iSNS client?
Best regards,
[1] http://sourceforge.net/projects/linuxisns/files/ [2] https://github.com/mikechristie/open-isns
On 10/16/2013 08:27 AM, Christophe Vu-Brugier wrote:
I now use the LIO iSCSI target instead of IET, but it seems one feature in IET is missing from LIO: iSNS.
Yes, it seems so.
With IET, registering the target to an iSNS server is just a matter of adding "iSNSServer" to the configuration file. With LIO, I assume that I need an additional component to register my targets to an iSNS server.
I found this page on linux-iscsi.org, but its content seems outdated.
I pulled the svn repo mentioned on this page. Nothing seems relevant to the current kernel code. I think iSNS development should be considered a new feature, and given that everything else is in the kernel, I'd assume iSNS support would be via kernel code too.
It's on my todo list but haven't been able to prioritize it. Would you say this is an important feature that we should be working on?
You may want to ask over on target-devel, and get Nick's take on importance and possible implementation.
Regards -- Andy
Hi Andy,
On Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:17:13 -0700, Andy Grover wrote :
I found this page on linux-iscsi.org, but its content seems outdated.
I pulled the svn repo mentioned on this page. Nothing seems relevant to the current kernel code. I think iSNS development should be considered a new feature, and given that everything else is in the kernel, I'd assume iSNS support would be via kernel code too.
It's on my todo list but haven't been able to prioritize it. Would you say this is an important feature that we should be working on?
Well, I work for a NAS manufacturer that used to provide support for iSCSI with IET. We are now transitioning to LIO and are happy with it. However, since the support of iSNS that was provided by IET is missing from LIO, we now have a missing feature. I don't know if iSNS is widely used though.
You may want to ask over on target-devel, and get Nick's take on importance and possible implementation.
Thanks. I will ask on target-devel then.
Best regards,
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