[ovirt-users] Fwd: RE: FC QLogic question

Thu Sep 11 12:40:04 UTC 2014

----- Original Message -----
> 
> On 11.09.2014 14:23, Fabian Deutsch wrote:
> > Hey Daniel,
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> On 11.09.2014 14:09, Fabian Deutsch wrote:
> >>> Hey Bill and Daniel,
> >>>
> >>> it would indeed be interesting - mandatory - to know if it's qla* or qxl
> >>> (qxl is IMHO related to graphics).
> >>> Once we know that I'll see if the bug below fixes it.
> >> Hello Fabian,
> >> indeed this was my mistake; while typing the mail I was reading on the
> >> spice website - so qla is the correct module of course! I already
> >> replied this to Bill but forgot to cc the list also ...
> >>
> >> Also, for the node iso it would make little sense to have the qlx module
> >> loaded. For completeness, I attach my answer to Bill.
> > Thanks :)
> >
> > So to summarize:
> > The adapter is recognized on Node?
> >
> > But it does not show up in Engine?

> Bill has to tell, but I think so. I suggested to him this might be

Ah, I mixed you an Bill up in the thread.

> because of dm-multipath, multipath.conf might blacklist here. My nodes
> are plain EL6 and I have multipath enabled - but I do not know if
> ovirt-node filters for dm-mp devnodes only by default (this would make
> sense because of iscsi-multipathing in ovirt 3.4).

Well, we did some multipath changes lately. Let#s see what Bill says:

Bill,
what node are you using?
What does multipath -l say?
How does /dev/mapper/* and /dev/multipath.conf look like?

And is the disk appearing on Node and/or Engine?

Thanks!
fabian

> Maybe you can help out on this topic?
> 
> Thanks!
> >
> > Thanks
> > - fabian
> >
> >>> I'd need your help to verify that we are also including all relevant
> >>> dependencies.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>> - fabian
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >> On 11.09.2014 13:05, Bill Dossett wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi Daniel,
> >>>
> >>> I did a lsmod | grep qxl  and it returned nothing...  did you perhaps
> >>> mean
> >>> qla?
> >>>
> >>> [root at ovirt141 ~]# lsmod | grep qla
> >>> qla2xxx               466573  56
> >>>
> >>> I think that is the one
> >> Indeed, sorry for that.
> >>
> >>> lsscsi does list all of the LUNs...  so that's working!
> >> Great!
> >>
> >>> But nothing in ovirt engine when I try to add a storage domain.
> >> Please check back in ovirt engine, with Hosts / Hardware info. You
> >> should see the adapter there, along with  WWN's ect.
> >>
> >> I am not quite sure, but AFAIK the node uses dm-multipath by default
> >> (for iscsi multipathing). So what does:
> >> # multipath -ll
> >> list?
> >>
> >> Thanks again, I guess I will try and get a bit further with the installs I
> >> have...
> >>
> >> Bill
> >>
> >>>> 	
> >>>>
> >>>> 	
> >>>>
> >>>> 	
> >>>>
> >>>> 	
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Daniel,
> >>>>
> >>>> I did a lsmod | grep qxl  and it returned nothing...  did you perhaps
> >>>> mean
> >>>> qla?
> >>>>
> >>>> [root at ovirt141 ~]# lsmod | grep qla
> >>>> qla2xxx               466573  56
> >>>>
> >>>> I think that is the one
> >>>>
> >>>> lsscsi does list all of the LUNs...  so that's working!
> >>>>
> >>>> But nothing in ovirt engine when I try to add a storage domain.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks again, I guess I will try and get a bit further with the installs
> >>>> I
> >>>> have...
> >>>>
> >>>> Bill
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>> From: Daniel Helgenberger [mailto:daniel.helgenberger at m-box.de]
> >>>> Sent: 11 September 2014 11:53
> >>>> To: Bill Dossett
> >>>> Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] FC QLogic question
> >>>>
> >>>> On 11.09.2014 12:17, Bill Dossett wrote:
> >>>>> Thanks for responding Daniel.
> >>>> Never mind!
> >>>>>  I was wondering and thought the message may be irrelevant.  But yes,
> >>>>> it doesn't appear to be working.  When I try to add a FC storage
> >>>>> domain, no hosts are showing in the drop down box of hosts.  I have
> >>>>> loaded the latests ovirtnode (3.4.something...) on two hosts now and
> >>>>> neither are working.
> >>>> Lets first try to isolate your FC issure. So you are using the latest
> >>>> ovirt-node? EL6? Keep in mind, the kernel is standard Linux and
> >>>> therefore
> >>>> should support Qlogic adapters out of the box (IMHO they are the best
> >>>> supported HBAs in Linux).
> >>>> Please try a:
> >>>> # lsmod  | grep qxl
> >>>> to see whatever the qxl module is loaded. Keep in mind you can run into
> >>>> problems with other conrollers in your host, though I only had this with
> >>>> LSI
> >>>> SAS / FC controllers so far.
> >>>>
> >>>> Further check on the FC switch if the N port is logged in and the zoning
> >>>> is
> >>>> correct.
> >>>>
> >>>> Finally, check with
> >>>> # lsscsi
> >>>> if you can see the luns.
> >>>>
> >>>>> Also having a lot of issues with configuring the network.  I configure
> >>>>> an interface I can ping it, but it shows as unconfigured... on one host
> >>>>> I have added it to the manager and I see the interfaces anyway, but on
> >>>>> the second host I configure the eth0, I can ping it, it added to the
> >>>>> ovirt engine but it shows no NICs.  Should I be using an earlier
> >>>>> version
> >>>>> maybe?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> thanks again and best regards.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> *Bill Dossett*
> >>>>> *Virtualisation Architect*
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> >>>>> On Sep 11, 2014, at 10:52 AM, Daniel Helgenberger
> >>>>> <daniel.helgenberger at m-box.de <mailto:daniel.helgenberger at m-box.de>>
> >>>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> Hello Bill,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> what are your problems acually? Is fibre channel not working (as
> >>>>>> expected)?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The log snippet you provided is completly normal and the messages
> >>>>>> can safely be ignored. This is also unrelated to oVirt but rather
> >>>>>> CentOS (or the distro you are running) I suppose.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Cheers!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> On 11.09.2014 10:51, Bill Dossett wrote:
> >>>>>>> Hi,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I seem to have run into a problem setting up ovirt with Fibre Channel
> >>>>>>> storage.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I have a 2MBs SAN and qlogic cards in the nodes.  I used this same
> >>>>>>> setup with RHEV about 6 months ago and it just worked, storage was
> >>>>>>> there no problems.  Now booting with ovirtnode distro, I am seeing
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Sep  9 08:01:27 localhost kernel: qla2xxx [0000:0c:00.0]-0091:1:
> >>>>>>> Firmware images can be retrieved from:
> >>>>>>> http://ldriver.qlogic.com/firmware/.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Sep  9 08:01:27 localhost kernel: scsi1 : qla2xxx
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Sep  9 08:01:27 localhost kernel: qla2xxx [0000:0c:00.0]-00fb:1:
> >>>>>>> QLogic QLE2460
> >>>>>>> - QLogic 4GB FC Single-Port PCI-E HBA for IBM System x.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Sep  9 08:01:27 localhost kernel: qla2xxx [0000:0c:00.0]-00fc:1:
> >>>>>>> ISP2432: PCIe (2.5GT/s x4) @ 0000:0c:00.0 hdma+ host#=1 fw=4.00.26
> >>>>>>> (2).
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Sep  9 08:01:27 localhost kernel: ata_piix 0000:00:1f.1: PCI INT A
> >>>>>>> -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> I have googled the firmware error and it says some cards need a
> >>>>>>> firmware flash and some don't.  These are pretty standard HBAs so I
> >>>>>>> would think they would be supported out of the box, but maybe not.
> >>>>>>> Looking at trying to add the firmware looked kind of complex - if I
> >>>>>>> need to do this, does anyone know of a nice and easy howto guide on
> >>>>>>> this.  I'm just getting started with ovirt and appreciate any help
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> *Bill Dossett*
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> *Virtualisation Architect*
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> *Pitney Bowes - Tech Central***
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> 6 Hercules Way, 600 Leavesden Park
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Watford, WD25 7GS
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Phone(+44) (0)1923 279353 | VOIP: 54739353
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Mobile(+44) (0)7775 908612
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> bill.dossett at pb.com <mailto:bill.dossett at pb.com>
> >>>>>>> <mailto:bill.dossett at pb.com>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> www.pb.com <http://www.pb.com> <http://www.pb.com/>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> *In Engineering?**Raise a ticket via Remedy Anywhere [HERE
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> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> less than a minute*
> >>>>>>>
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