[SUMMARY] iSCSI

From: Gary Chambers (gwc_at_ll.mit.edu)
Date: 12/29/04

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    All...

    The general consensus is that iSCSI, while great in theory, is, in
    practice, not yet ready. I agree with that.

    For the past several months (not continuously), I have had several
    problems with using a QLogic QLA4010C in a Sunfire V240 with Solaris 9
    (patched only to 112233-11 (01/04) to match our cluster environment).
    First, I'm annoyed by having to use a Java "management" application to
    simply configure the card. It escapes me how Java has become as popular
    as it seems to be. Second, I can configure the QLA4010C to look to the
    EqualLogic box for devices, but it cannot seem to find anything
    available. Third, and most importantly, if I add or delete volumes on
    the EqualLogic device, the QLA4010C "loses" its configuration data, and
    requires a _power-off_ shutdown of the V240 in order to use it again.

    Many thanks to Ilya Birman, Chuck, Michael DeSimone, and Erek Adams. I
    received an extremely helpful and insightful reply from someone who
    asked that I not identify them in the summary. I would be remiss,
    however, if I didn't acknowledge their input. Finally, what summary
    would be complete without mentioning those "thoughtful" enough to inform
    me that they were out of the office?

    Gary Chambers

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