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Francis Lee B. Mondia
Guest
Hi Guys,
Been using Proxmox VE latest on some test machines with local disks. So far, no problems. So I decided to go ahead and use it with some spare Cisco UCS Blade Servers booting from a NetApp SAN. To my disappointment, I encountered the same problem as highlighted by these posts:
http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/3058-Booting-Proxmox-from-NetApp-Lun
The recommendation to follow the Debian Way is just too much for me, as I have used CentOS and OpenVZ on the same server booting off the SAN with no problems. Just for reference, here are some documents I found which might help other out there:
Official Guide from NetApp:
http://linux.netapp.com/docs/debian/iscsi-multipath-configuration-guide
http://linux.netapp.com/docs/debian/iscsi-sanboot-configuration-guide
I also found this guide but it's unofficial. I think this guide applies to me as I see the same thing (4 different disks = 4 paths?)
http://caskethopper.blogspot.com/2009/04/debian-lenny-san-boot-using-multipath.html
Now I'm really wondering if someone from the Proxmox team can produce an official guide for Proxmox to deal with this issue. I see that this is a Debian problem, but I think it would really make Proxmox more palatable to us users of SAN devices. The last link I posted is something that everybody would like to have.
Been using Proxmox VE latest on some test machines with local disks. So far, no problems. So I decided to go ahead and use it with some spare Cisco UCS Blade Servers booting from a NetApp SAN. To my disappointment, I encountered the same problem as highlighted by these posts:
http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/3058-Booting-Proxmox-from-NetApp-Lun
The recommendation to follow the Debian Way is just too much for me, as I have used CentOS and OpenVZ on the same server booting off the SAN with no problems. Just for reference, here are some documents I found which might help other out there:
Official Guide from NetApp:
http://linux.netapp.com/docs/debian/iscsi-multipath-configuration-guide
http://linux.netapp.com/docs/debian/iscsi-sanboot-configuration-guide
I also found this guide but it's unofficial. I think this guide applies to me as I see the same thing (4 different disks = 4 paths?)
http://caskethopper.blogspot.com/2009/04/debian-lenny-san-boot-using-multipath.html
Now I'm really wondering if someone from the Proxmox team can produce an official guide for Proxmox to deal with this issue. I see that this is a Debian problem, but I think it would really make Proxmox more palatable to us users of SAN devices. The last link I posted is something that everybody would like to have.
