targetcli - unable to create FC target due to module qla2xxx

[oliver8888]

#Hello,

#I am not qualified to authoritatively state where the optimal place for options qla2xxx qlini_mode="disabled" should be---but documentation indicates it should be placed into /etc/modprobe.d/qla2xxx.conf and when placed into here, it appears a modprobe qla2xxx is being run somewhere within the startup of targetcli and this appears to take precedent to options within /etc/modprobe.d/qla2xxx.conf

#my setup:
#clean install of ubuntu server 14.04 LTS 64-bit

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
#
#Hardware Qlogic QLA2564

#I've followed guidance from wiki:
#http://www.linux-iscsi.org/wiki/Fibre_Channel
echo 'options qla2xxx qlini_mode="disabled"' > /etc/modprobe.d/qla2xxx.conf

#reboot
targetcli
/qla2xxx create WWWN
#Creation of target fails, a lot of unnecessary error output.

# validate qla2xxx module is in target mode....
cat /sys/module/qla2xxx/parameters/qlini_mode
enabled
#This should read: disabled

service target stop
rmmod qla2xxx
modprobe options qla2xxx qlini_mode="disabled"
cat /sys/module/qla2xxx/parameters/qlini_mode
disabled

service target start
/qla2xxx create WWWN
# success

shutdown -r now
cat /sys/module/qla2xxx/parameters/qlini_mode
enabled
# qla2xxx modules are again no longer in target mode for targetcli....

# workaround --such that options qla2xxx qlini_mode="disabled" is in place upon reboot:
# Disclaimer: this is probably not the proper place for it----but if if i edited /etc/target/qla2xxx_start.sh such that first line includes options qla2xxx qlini_mode="disabled" and i reboot, i can create targets with targetcli as intended

[Gio (giogranda85)]

You simply forgot to do mkinitramfs after creating qla2xxx.conf with the updated driver parameters