ceph/doc/rbd/iscsi-initiator-win.rst
Jason Dillaman 997bb80ba2 doc/rbd: tweaks to the Windows iSCSI initiator directions
Signed-off-by: Jason Dillaman <dillaman@redhat.com>
2017-11-03 11:05:02 -04:00

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iSCSI Initiator for Microsoft Windows
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**Prerequisite:**
- Microsoft Windows Server 2016
**iSCSI Initiator, Discovery and Setup:**
#. Install the iSCSI initiator driver and MPIO tools.
#. Launch the MPIO program, click on the "Discover Multi-Paths" tab, check the
"Add support for iSCSI devices” box, and click "Add". This will require a
reboot.
#. On the iSCSI Initiator Properties window, on the "Discovery" tab, add a target
portal. Enter the IP address or DNS name and Port of the Ceph iSCSI gateway.
#. On the “Targets” tab, select the target and click on “Connect”.
#. On the “Connect To Target” window, select the “Enable multi-path” option, and
click the “Advanced” button.
#. Under the "Connet using" section, select a “Target portal IP” . Select the
“Enable CHAP login on” and enter the "Name" and "Target secret" values from the
Ceph iSCSI Ansible client credentials section, and click OK.
#. Repeat steps 5 and 6 for each target portal defined when setting up
the iSCSI gateway.
**Multipath IO Setup:**
Configuring the MPIO load balancing policy, setting the timeout and
retry options are using PowerShell with the ``mpclaim`` command. The
rest is done in the iSCSI Initiator tool.
.. note::
It is recommended to increase the ``PDORemovePeriod`` option to 120
seconds from PowerShell. This value might need to be adjusted based
on the application. When all paths are down, and 120 seconds
expires, the operating system will start failing IO requests.
::
Set-MPIOSetting -NewPDORemovePeriod 120
::
mpclaim.exe -l -m 1
::
mpclaim -s -m
MSDSM-wide Load Balance Policy: Fail Over Only
#. Using the iSCSI Initiator tool, from the “Targets” tab, click on
the “Devices...” button.
#. From the Devices window, select a disk and click the
“MPIO...” button.
#. On the "Device Details" window the paths to each target portal is
displayed. If using the ``ceph-ansible`` setup method, the
iSCSI gateway will use ALUA to tell the iSCSI initiator which path
and iSCSI gateway should be used as the primary path. The Load
Balancing Policy “Fail Over Only” must be selected
::
mpclaim -s -d $MPIO_DISK_ID
.. note::
For the ``ceph-ansible`` setup method, there will be one
Active/Optimized path which is the path to the iSCSI gateway node
that owns the LUN, and there will be an Active/Unoptimized path for
each other iSCSI gateway node.
**Tuning:**
Consider using the following registry settings:
- Windows Disk Timeout
::
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Disk
::
TimeOutValue = 65
- Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Driver
::
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E97B-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}\<Instance_Number>\Parameters
::
LinkDownTime = 25
SRBTimeoutDelta = 15