mlinton
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Thanks to some great documentation I was able to get this working on my normal network (VLAN1) with a software HBA (within ESXi).
I am now trying to take this setup a step further and I am having a little less success.
Goal: Provide iSCSI access to my ESXi box using a hardware iSCSI HBA and isolated VLAN.
What works: The ESXi box is set up with two different ports -- one for each port on the HBA. Both
ports are able to ping the switch at 192.168.3.1, and the switch is able to ping both ESXi ports at
192.168.3.10 and 192.168.3.11. The switch is able to ping the FreeNAS (nknas) box on both of its
interfaces, VLAN1 = 192.168.1.40, VLAN3(iSCSI) = 192.168.3.40.
What does NOT work: The FreeNAS box cannot ping any of these devices from its VLAN3 address 192.168.3.40.
the ESXi box iSCSI ports cannot ping the FreeNAS VLAN3 port even though the switch can.
Please advise.
Mark - If more information is needed, i will happily provide it.
The ESXi box also has a NC380T in it (HP DL380, G5, Dual Quads, 64GB RAM). the only "strange" thing about the NC380T in my FreeNAS box is that only 1 port shows up (shown in ifconfig as port bce0).
FreeNAS version and platform (32 or 64 bit).
9.2.1.3, 64bit
General hardware information (CPU, RAM, Motherboard model, etc.).
CPU: Intel Core2Quad Q8400 2.6ghz, 8GM RAM, Supermicro motherboard.
Specific hardware information (Network card chipset, Raid controller chipset, etc.).
Related to this question, HP NC380T NIC although I have also tried using my Intel Pro 1000.
DMESG output or copy of specific error message.
No error message.
IFCONFIG output if you are asking about a NIC or networking problem.
[root@nknas] ~# ifconfig -a
em0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=4219b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWTSO>
ether 00:30:48:da:fa:fc
inet 192.168.1.40 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
nd6 options=9<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED>
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
status: active
em1: flags=8c02<BROADCAST,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=4219b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWTSO>
ether 00:30:48:da:fa:fd
nd6 options=9<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED>
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
status: active
ipfw0: flags=8801<UP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 65536
nd6 options=9<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED>
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
options=600003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xc
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
bce0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=c01bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO,LINKSTATE>
ether 00:22:64:2a:c6:d4
inet 192.168.3.40 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.3.255
nd6 options=9<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED>
media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
status: active
vlan3: flags=8842<BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=103<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4>
ether 00:22:64:2a:c6:d4
nd6 options=9<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED>
media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
status: active
vlan: 3 parent interface: bce0
[root@nknas] ~#
PCICONF -lv output if you are asking about MotherBoard and / or PCI card problems.
Invalid command?
Code snippets, logs, config files and quotes should be enclosed in the appropriate bbcode tags.
Switch Port Configuration:
Cisco 2960G
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
description iscsi-storage
switchport access vlan 3
switchport trunk allowed vlan 3
switchport mode trunk
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/2
description iscsi-storage
switchport access vlan 3
switchport mode trunk
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/3
description iscsi-storage
switchport access vlan 3
switchport mode trunk
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/4
description iscsi-storage
switchport access vlan 3
switchport mode trunk
!
interface Vlan3
ip address 192.168.3.1 255.255.255.0
no ip route-cache
!
I am now trying to take this setup a step further and I am having a little less success.
Goal: Provide iSCSI access to my ESXi box using a hardware iSCSI HBA and isolated VLAN.
What works: The ESXi box is set up with two different ports -- one for each port on the HBA. Both
ports are able to ping the switch at 192.168.3.1, and the switch is able to ping both ESXi ports at
192.168.3.10 and 192.168.3.11. The switch is able to ping the FreeNAS (nknas) box on both of its
interfaces, VLAN1 = 192.168.1.40, VLAN3(iSCSI) = 192.168.3.40.
What does NOT work: The FreeNAS box cannot ping any of these devices from its VLAN3 address 192.168.3.40.
the ESXi box iSCSI ports cannot ping the FreeNAS VLAN3 port even though the switch can.
Please advise.
Mark - If more information is needed, i will happily provide it.
The ESXi box also has a NC380T in it (HP DL380, G5, Dual Quads, 64GB RAM). the only "strange" thing about the NC380T in my FreeNAS box is that only 1 port shows up (shown in ifconfig as port bce0).
FreeNAS version and platform (32 or 64 bit).
9.2.1.3, 64bit
General hardware information (CPU, RAM, Motherboard model, etc.).
CPU: Intel Core2Quad Q8400 2.6ghz, 8GM RAM, Supermicro motherboard.
Specific hardware information (Network card chipset, Raid controller chipset, etc.).
Related to this question, HP NC380T NIC although I have also tried using my Intel Pro 1000.
DMESG output or copy of specific error message.
No error message.
IFCONFIG output if you are asking about a NIC or networking problem.
[root@nknas] ~# ifconfig -a
em0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=4219b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWTSO>
ether 00:30:48:da:fa:fc
inet 192.168.1.40 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
nd6 options=9<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED>
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
status: active
em1: flags=8c02<BROADCAST,OACTIVE,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=4219b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,WOL_MAGIC,VLAN_HWTSO>
ether 00:30:48:da:fa:fd
nd6 options=9<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED>
media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX <full-duplex>)
status: active
ipfw0: flags=8801<UP,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 65536
nd6 options=9<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED>
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 16384
options=600003<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,RXCSUM_IPV6,TXCSUM_IPV6>
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xc
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
nd6 options=21<PERFORMNUD,AUTO_LINKLOCAL>
bce0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=c01bb<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU,VLAN_HWCSUM,TSO4,VLAN_HWTSO,LINKSTATE>
ether 00:22:64:2a:c6:d4
inet 192.168.3.40 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.3.255
nd6 options=9<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED>
media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
status: active
vlan3: flags=8842<BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> metric 0 mtu 1500
options=103<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4>
ether 00:22:64:2a:c6:d4
nd6 options=9<PERFORMNUD,IFDISABLED>
media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT <full-duplex>)
status: active
vlan: 3 parent interface: bce0
[root@nknas] ~#
PCICONF -lv output if you are asking about MotherBoard and / or PCI card problems.
Invalid command?
Code snippets, logs, config files and quotes should be enclosed in the appropriate bbcode tags.
Switch Port Configuration:
Cisco 2960G
interface GigabitEthernet0/1
description iscsi-storage
switchport access vlan 3
switchport trunk allowed vlan 3
switchport mode trunk
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/2
description iscsi-storage
switchport access vlan 3
switchport mode trunk
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/3
description iscsi-storage
switchport access vlan 3
switchport mode trunk
!
interface GigabitEthernet0/4
description iscsi-storage
switchport access vlan 3
switchport mode trunk
!
interface Vlan3
ip address 192.168.3.1 255.255.255.0
no ip route-cache
!
