Anaconda/Features/iSCSI

Anaconda iSCSI Cleanup

Summary

Improve anaconda's iSCSI support.

This is a complete iscsi rewrite that also adds the new libiscsi and associated python bindings.

Owner

• Hans DeGoede <hdegoede@redhat.com>

Current status

• Targeted release: [Fedora 11]
• Last updated: (02/10/09)
• Percentage of completion: 95%

Detailed Description

iSCSI support in anaconda needed extensive cleanup. This patch replaces the iscsi.py code with new code using libiscsi.

Fixes:

• Report error when we cannot add a disk instead of silently failing (461830)
• Report error when trying to use iscsi from kickstart without having an iscsiname directive first (463156)
• Better feedback while scanning iscsi disks
• Make ibft work with chap and 2-way chap
• Make ibft configured disks available for upgrades and in rescue mode
• Make ibft boot work even when iscsi-initiator-utils is installed after the kernel in the transaction

Benefit to Fedora

Fewer anaconda bugs and easier maintenance

Scope

• Review and fix numerous reported problems
• Include latest ibft, CHAP and reverse CHAP support

Dependencies

None

Contingency Plan

None; this is a necessary revision of existing (broken) support

Documentation

See http://people.atrpms.net/~hdegoede/html/index.html for details of the libiscsi API

Release Notes

Not user visible so none needed

Comments and Discussion

• See Talk:Features/iSCSI