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

Daniel Helgenberger daniel.helgenberger at m-box.de
Thu Sep 11 16:16:47 UTC 2014


Hi Sven!

Thanks for the heads up on the BZ. 

One question remains;
if the firmware is missing in oVirt node then how come Bill does the module loaded and all the LUNs with lsscsi?

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> Am 11.09.2014 um 17:29 schrieb "Sven Kieske" <s.kieske at mittwald.de>:
> 
> 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
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> 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>
>>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>>> 
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>>>>>>>>> 
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