[OmniOS-discuss] multipathing with compellent

Majeed mabuqu at ilstu.edu
Thu Oct 18 15:51:19 EDT 2012


Hi Again, just wanted to update the list with my latest progress and 
thoughts on this topic. I think the issue lies in libmpscsi_vhci.so's 
lack of support for multipathing with compellent.

When I do "mpathadm show mpath-support libmpscsi_vhci.so" on omniOS I 
see many venders and models listed but not compellent. We are going to 
spin up a solaris 11 machine to see what it looks like. I wonder if this 
was forked just before SUN/oracle added support for compellent (i could 
be way off base here).

When I do the same command on solaris 10 u10, at the very bottom of the 
list i see.
                 Vendor:  COMPELNT
                 Product:  Compellent Vol
                 Revision:
                 Supported Load Balance Types:
                         round-robin

I have verified that multipathing is working properly on other arrays. I 
zoned up omniOS with all controllers on a 6140 (CSM200) that sit in 
multiple fabrics, mapped a lun, and it looks wonderful. mpatham reports 
as expected, and all paths are condensed to a single block device in 
format's output.

% mpathadm list LU
     /dev/rdsk/c0t600A0B800033816200001391507FF856d0s2
         Total Path Count: 4
         Operational Path Count: 4



It seems there are some options in /kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf to force 
scsi_vhci to accept 3rd party devices (hopefully compellent) for 
failover, but this is kinda getting over my head. It seems like if I had 
a proper ddi-forceload ''misc/scsi_vhci/scsi_vhci_f_<x>" file for 
compellent and I knew the proper VenderID and ProductID for the 
compellent devices, i might be able to force it. Im not sure if can use 
the information from the format inquiry to populate these values.

format> inquiry
Vendor:   COMPELNT
Product:  Compellent Vol
Revision: 0505


Any thoughts on this would be excellent.

Thanks,
Majeed Qulbain








On 10/18/2012 09:30 AM, Majeed wrote:
> I just noticed that we do have access to the mpathadm command by 
> installing the "pkg:/storage/mpathadm at 0.5.11-0.151002" package. After 
> installing I don't see any paths with "mpathadm list LU" which is what 
> im used to on solaris 10 (i know I should be comparing to solaris 11, 
> just havn't played with it much). I wonder if there are any other bits 
> that I need to install or other configuration tweaks to get this going.
>
> Thanks in advance for any pointers,
> Majeed
>
> Some other related commands that might assist troubleshooting:
>
> % uname -a
> SunOS jhx011 5.11 omnios-eae537b i86pc i386 i86pc
>
> % mpathadm list initiator-port
> Initiator Port:  w5d4ae520937bbb00
> Initiator Port:  
> iqn.1986-03.com.sun:01:b06a64f606ff.507f35b3,4000002a00ff
> Initiator Port:  w5d4ae520937bbb00
> Initiator Port:  2101001b32b40767
> Initiator Port:  2100001b32940767
>
> % luxadm -e port
> /devices/pci at 0,0/pci8086,3410 at 9/pci1077,143 at 0/fp at 0,0:devctl        
> CONNECTED
> /devices/pci at 0,0/pci8086,3410 at 9/pci1077,143 at 0,1/fp at 0,0:devctl      
> CONNECTED
>
> % luxadm -v probe
>
> Found Fibre Channel device(s):
>   Node WWN:5000d310004a0602  Device Type:Disk device
>     Logical Path:/dev/rdsk/c16t5000D310004A064Bd1s2
>   Node WWN:5000d310004a0602  Device Type:Disk device
>     Logical Path:/dev/rdsk/c17t5000D310004A064Cd1s2
>
> % luxadm disp /dev/rdsk/c16t5000D310004A064Bd1s2
> DEVICE PROPERTIES for disk: /dev/rdsk/c16t5000D310004A064Bd1s2
>   Vendor:        COMPELNT
>   Product ID:        Compellent Vol
>   Revision:        0505
>   Serial Num:        00004a06-00000014
>   Unformatted capacity:    512000.000 MBytes
>   Read Cache:        Enabled
>     Minimum prefetch:    0x100
>     Maximum prefetch:    0xf0
>   Device Type:        Disk device
>   Path(s):
>
>   /dev/rdsk/c16t5000D310004A064Bd1s2
>   
> /devices/pci at 0,0/pci8086,3410 at 9/pci1077,143 at 0/fp at 0,0/disk at w5000d310004a064b,1:c,raw
>    Controller          /dev/cfg/c16
>     Device Address        5000d310004a064b,1
>     Host controller port WWN    2100001b32940767
>    Controller          /dev/cfg/c17
>     Device Address        5000d310004a064c,1
>     Host controller port WWN    2101001b32b40767
>
>
> On 10/17/2012 06:25 PM, Majeed wrote:
>> Hi All, We are doing some testing with omniOS in our datacenter and 
>> would love connect it up to our compellent san via fc connectivity. I 
>> slapped omniOS onto a dell r610 that has a qlogic dual port hba (each 
>> port is pathed to separate fabrics), performed zoning in each fabric, 
>> and assigned some luns. Now im not sure if compellent supports 
>> Solaris 11 (i can contact them and see about that), but it definately 
>> support solaris 10 which is what we use on other production systems.
>>
>> I'v actually made it pretty far through the process which is really 
>> exciting, except for the last multipathing bit. After mapping a 
>> volume to the host I can't seem to condense all the devices down to a 
>> single mulipathed device. It seems multipathing is enabled for the fp 
>> driver. I noticed there is not a mpathadm command.
>>
>> Anyone have any ideas? I'll post some output from the commands i 
>> think of below. Let me know if you would like to see any other 
>> information.
>>
>> Thanks much,
>> Majeed
>>
>>
>> On solaris 10 the main thing we have to do is add the following to 
>> /kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf (reconfigure reboot)
>> device-type-scsi-options-list =
>> "COMPELNTCompellent Vol", "symmetric-option";
>> symmetric-option = 0x1000000;
>>
>>
>> Here is the format output:
>> AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
>>        0. c13t5000CCA0213ED1E1d0 <HITACHI-HUC106030CSS600-A360 cyl 
>> 36470 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
>>           
>> /pci at 0,0/pci8086,2940 at 1c/pci1028,1f1e at 0/iport at 40/disk at w5000cca0213ed1e1,0
>>        1. c14t5000CCA0213EFC7Dd0 <HITACHI-HUC106030CSS600-A360 cyl 
>> 36469 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
>>           
>> /pci at 0,0/pci8086,2940 at 1c/pci1028,1f1e at 0/iport at 80/disk at w5000cca0213efc7d,0
>>        2. c16t5000D310004A064Bd1 <COMPELNT-CompellentVol-0505 cyl 
>> 65268 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
>>           
>> /pci at 0,0/pci8086,3410 at 9/pci1077,143 at 0/fp at 0,0/disk at w5000d310004a064b,1
>>        3. c17t5000D310004A064Cd1 <COMPELNT-CompellentVol-0505 cyl 
>> 65268 alt 2 hd 255 sec 63>
>>           
>> /pci at 0,0/pci8086,3410 at 9/pci1077,143 at 0,1/fp at 0,0/disk at w5000d310004a064c,1
>> Specify disk (enter its number): Specify disk (enter its number):
>>
>>
>>
>> % fcinfo hba-port
>> HBA Port WWN: 2100001b32940767
>>     Port Mode: Initiator
>>     Port ID: 91c00
>>     OS Device Name: /dev/cfg/c16
>>     Manufacturer: QLogic Corp.
>>     Model: 375-3356-02
>>     Firmware Version: 05.03.01
>>     FCode/BIOS Version:  BIOS: 2.02; fcode: 2.01; EFI: 2.00;
>>     Serial Number: 0402H00-0941774287
>>     Driver Name: qlc
>>     Driver Version: 20100408-3.01
>>     Type: N-port
>>     State: online
>>     Supported Speeds: 1Gb 2Gb 4Gb
>>     Current Speed: 4Gb
>>     Node WWN: 2000001b32940767
>>     Max NPIV Ports: 127
>>     NPIV port list:
>> HBA Port WWN: 2101001b32b40767
>>     Port Mode: Initiator
>>     Port ID: a1900
>>     OS Device Name: /dev/cfg/c17
>>     Manufacturer: QLogic Corp.
>>     Model: 375-3356-02
>>     Firmware Version: 05.03.01
>>     FCode/BIOS Version:  BIOS: 2.02; fcode: 2.01; EFI: 2.00;
>>     Serial Number: 0402H00-0941774287
>>     Driver Name: qlc
>>     Driver Version: 20100408-3.01
>>     Type: N-port
>>     State: online
>>     Supported Speeds: 1Gb 2Gb 4Gb
>>     Current Speed: 4Gb
>>     Node WWN: 2001001b32b40767
>>     Max NPIV Ports: 127
>>     NPIV port list:
>>
>>
>> % cfgadm -al -o show_SCSI_LUN
>> Ap_Id                          Type         Receptacle   Occupant     
>> Condition
>> c16                            fc-fabric    connected    configured   
>> unknown
>> c16::5000d310004a0649          unknown      connected    unconfigured 
>> unknown
>> c16::5000d310004a064b,1        disk         connected    configured   
>> unknown
>> c17                            fc-fabric    connected    configured   
>> unknown
>> c17::5000d310004a064a          unknown      connected    unconfigured 
>> unknown
>> c17::5000d310004a064c,1        disk         connected    configured   
>> unknown
>>
>>
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