From: Gary Chambers (gwc@ll.mit.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 29 2004 - 10:26:46 EST
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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