Hey Nicholas, I pulled the trunk off https://github.com/Datera/rtslib.git yesterday to because I wanted to test iSER 2014-12-19 8:20 GMT+01:00 Nicholas A. Bellinger <nab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi Tommy, > > On Thu, 2014-12-18 at 20:50 +0100, Tommy Apel wrote: >> Hello All, >> how come I cannot use ipv6 adresses such as link-local and private >> ipv6 within targetcli ? >> >> /iscsi/iqn.20.../tpg1/portals> create fe80::f652:1403:7f:3041 >> Using default IP port 3260 >> IP address does not exist: fe80::f652:1403:7f:3041 >> >> /iscsi/iqn.20.../tpg1/portals> create fe00::f652:1403:7f:3041 >> Using default IP port 3260 >> IP address does not exist: fe00::f652:1403:7f:3041 >> >> 4: ib0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 2044 qdisc pfifo_fast >> state UP qlen 256 >> link/infiniband >> 80:00:00:48:fe:80:00:00:00:00:00:00:f4:52:14:03:00:7f:30:41 brd >> 00:ff:ff:ff:ff:12:40:1b:ff:ff:00:00:00:00:00:00:ff:ff:ff:ff >> inet6 fe00::f652:1403:7f:3041/7 scope global >> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever >> inet6 fe80::f652:1403:7f:3041/64 scope link >> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever >> > > So iscsi-target currently doesn't support link-local addresses as > network portals, and rtslib is explicitly filtering them from the list > of available addresses provided in targetcli. > > The issue is that link-local addresses need the ethernet interface > explicitly specified in order to successfully kernel_bind() from the > iscsi-target side, and there is currently not a method to relay > this information through configfs ahead of attempting kernel_bind() > during network portal creation. > > However, all scope global and private addresses should work, and AFAICT > it looks your fe00::f652:1403:7f:3041 address is being incorrectly > filtered by userspace, and not actually failing during kernel_bind(). > > Here's how it looks on my end in targetcli using a similar fe00: > prefixed scope global private address following what you have above: > > # link-local address is filtered from network portals > /iscsi/iqn.20...tpgt1/portals> create fe80::5054:ff:fe12:3456 3260 > IP address does not exist: fe80::5054:ff:fe12:3456 > # private address can be used as network portal > /iscsi/iqn.20...tpgt1/portals> create fe00::5054:ff:fe12:3456 3260 > Successfully created network portal fe00::5054:ff:fe12:3456:3260. > /iscsi/iqn.20...tpgt1/portals> ls > o- portals .............................................................................. [2 Portals] > o- 10.0.2.15:3260 ............................................................................ [OK] > o- fe00::5054:ff:fe12:3456:3260 .............................................................. [OK] > /iscsi/iqn.20...tpgt1/portals> > > 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast > state UP qlen 1000 > link/ether 52:54:00:12:34:56 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > inet 10.0.2.15/24 brd 10.0.2.255 scope global eth0 > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > inet6 fe00::5054:ff:fe12:3456/7 scope global > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fe12:3456/64 scope link > valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > > Please confirm which version of targetcli + rtslib your using. > > Thanks for reporting! > > --nab > -- /Tommy -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe target-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
