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scsi-target auto-poll

Roman Rodichev
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SANOS configuration guide mentions the command "show scsi-target auto-poll". It doesn't explain in detail what auto-poll is and how to activate it. It vaguely mentions that it has to do with "CSM or an IPS module is in the chassis". Can someone please clarify? Does this mean that the switch will attempt scsi-target on all IPS ports if it's inserted into the chassis? Because I thought the scsi target discovery can only be done on demand.

thanks

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tblancha
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Whenever an IPS or CSM blade is in an MDS, the MDS will login to storage just the same as a real initiator would. We send Inquiry, Report Luns, and read capacity to learn about the storage out on the SAN. This process is done when the storage device comes online or when manually initiated. However, with auto-poll, we will go thru the discovery process every X number of seconds that can be configured.

This is not on the IPS ports but rather on any FC attached device that registers itself as a target. We use the pwwn seen as the result of show scsi-target internal driver. If the storage has any kind of LUN security, this pwwn will need to be permited or our discovery process will fail due to it being denied.

thanks for the prompt response.

how do you configure auto-polling? I couldn't find it in config guide or command reference. Only the show command.

Sorry, on the MDS, it is on all the time and the interval is not changeable. It was on the sn5428 that you could disable it and also change the poll interval.

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