iSCSId

Note: This page is quite old and is likely out of date. My opinions may have also changed dramatically since this was written. It is here as a reference until I get around to updating it.

This is the server configuration for iSCSI, please refer to iSCSI for the client portion.

Configuration

Install the package scsi-target-utils.

Example config:

default-driver iscsi
initiator-address 10.0.0.100
#ignore-errors yes

<target iqm.2011-09.net.bedroomprogrammers.lab:example-srv.storage>
  backing-store /dev/vdb

  incominguser client1 XXXXXXXXXXXX
  incominguser client2 XXXXXXXXXXXX

  write-cache off
  vendor_id Bedroom Programmers
</target>

[root@localhost ~]# chkconfig tgtd on
[root@localhost ~]# service tgtd start

References

• http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scsi-target-utils_Quickstart_Guide - High Quality
• http://www.ryanuber.com/a-quick-introduction-to-gfs2-over-iscsi.html (dead link) - Transition from iSCSI to GFS2