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

Thu Sep 11 15:29:16 UTC 2014

Sorry for top posting, but this thread goes way too long:

please take a look at this BZ:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1063001

I think this is your issue! I already posted to the
original thread but somehow nobody seems to read my mail.

On 11/09/14 14:34, Daniel Helgenberger wrote:
> 
> 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
> 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).
> 
> 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*
>>>>>> *Pitney Bowes - Tech Central***
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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
>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> bill.dossett at pb.com <mailto:bill.dossett at pb.com>
>>>>>>>> <mailto:bill.dossett at pb.com>
>>>>>>>>
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