Configuring Multipath in Centos 7 for ISCSI storage LUNS

Install Packages

yum -y install iscsi-initiator-utils
yum install device-mapper-multipath -y

Starting and Enabling the Service 

systemctl start iscsi;
systemctl start iscsid ;
systemctl start multipathd ;

systemctl enable iscsi ;
systemctl enable iscsid ;
systemctl enable multipathd ;

Discovering the iSCSI Targets
iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p 10.1.1.100
iscsiadm -m discovery -t sendtargets -p 10.1.0.100


Login to all the targets
iscsiadm -m node -l

Configure basic Multipath  on both Server’s(controller/Controller2)

mpathconf --enable --with_multipathd y

cat /etc/multipath.conf

defaults {
 polling_interval        10
 path_selector           "round-robin 0"
 path_grouping_policy    multibus
 path_checker            readsector0
 rr_min_io               100
 max_fds                 8192
 rr_weight               priorities
 failback                immediate
 no_path_retry           fail
 user_friendly_names     yes
}



[root@controller ~]# multipath -ll
mpathb (36a4badb00053ae7f00001c1c54767520) dm-3 DELL    ,MD3000i
size=2.0G features='3 queue_if_no_path pg_init_retries 50' hwhandler='1 rdac' wp=rw
|-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=6 status=active
| |- 13:0:0:1 sdi 8:128 active ready running
| `- 14:0:0:1 sdh 8:112 active ready running
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=enabled
  |- 11:0:0:1 sdg 8:96  active ghost running
  `- 12:0:0:1 sdf 8:80  active ghost running
maptha (36a4badb00053ae7f0000181654753fe5) dm-4 DELL    ,MD3000i
size=250G features='3 queue_if_no_path pg_init_retries 50' hwhandler='1 rdac' wp=rw
|-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=6 status=active
| |- 13:0:0:0 sdd 8:48  active ready running
| `- 14:0:0:0 sde 8:64  active ready running
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=enabled
  |- 12:0:0:0 sdb 8:16  active ghost running
  `- 11:0:0:0 sdc 8:32  active ghost running
[root@controller ~]#

Adding Target partition to multipath

Adding Multipath Alias for the Iscsi LUNs in /etc/multipath.conf

multipaths {
        multipath {
                wwid                    36a4badb00053ae7f0000181654753fe5
alias                   LUN0
        }
        multipath {
                wwid                     36a4badb00053ae7f00001c1c54767520
alias                   LUN1
        }
}

[root@controller ~]# systemctl restart multipathd

[root@controller ~]# multipath -ll
LUN1 (36a4badb00053ae7f00001c1c54767520) dm-3 DELL    ,MD3000i
size=2.0G features='3 queue_if_no_path pg_init_retries 50' hwhandler='1 rdac' wp=rw
|-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=6 status=active
| |- 13:0:0:1 sdi 8:128 active ready running
| `- 14:0:0:1 sdh 8:112 active ready running
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=enabled
  |- 11:0:0:1 sdg 8:96  active ghost running
  `- 12:0:0:1 sdf 8:80  active ghost running
LUN0 (36a4badb00053ae7f0000181654753fe5) dm-4 DELL    ,MD3000i
size=250G features='3 queue_if_no_path pg_init_retries 50' hwhandler='1 rdac' wp=rw
|-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=6 status=active
| |- 13:0:0:0 sdd 8:48  active ready running
| `- 14:0:0:0 sde 8:64  active ready running
`-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=1 status=enabled
  |- 12:0:0:0 sdb 8:16  active ghost running
  `- 11:0:0:0 sdc 8:32  active ghost running
[root@controller ~]#


 [root@controller ~]# systemctl status multipathd
multipathd.service - Device-Mapper Multipath Device Controller
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/multipathd.service; enabled)
   Active: active (running) since Wed 2014-11-26 06:31:41 EST; 5s ago
  Process: 2920 ExecStart=/sbin/multipathd (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 2915 ExecStartPre=/sbin/multipath -A (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Process: 2913 ExecStartPre=/sbin/modprobe dm-multipath (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
 Main PID: 2922 (multipathd)
   CGroup: /system.slice/multipathd.service
           └─2922 /sbin/multipathd

Nov 26 06:31:41 controller systemd[1]: PID file /var/run/multipathd/multipathd.pid not readable (yet?)...tart.
Nov 26 06:31:41 controller multipathd[2922]: LUN0: load table [0 524288000 multipath 3 pg_init_retries ...4 1]
Nov 26 06:31:41 controller multipathd[2922]: LUN0: event checker started
Nov 26 06:31:41 controller systemd[1]: Started Device-Mapper Multipath Device Controller.
Nov 26 06:31:41 controller multipathd[2922]: path checkers start up

Run a Script Before Shutdown in Centos7

Immediately before executing the actual system halt/poweroff/reboot/kexec systemd-shutdown will run all executables in /usr/lib/systemd/system-shutdown/ and pass one arguments to them: either "halt", "poweroff", "reboot" or "kexec", depending on the chosen action. All executables in this directory are executed in parallel, and execution of the action is not continued before all executables finished.

Note that systemd-halt.service (and the related units) should never be executed directly. Instead, trigger system shutdown with a command such as "systemctl halt" or suchlike.

NIC Bonding in the Centos7

Most of the setting are same as in the Older Version as in the Following URL .

http://www.adminz.in/2014/07/nic-bonding-in-linux.html

We just need to add following entries in the Master Bond0 config file to make the network system understand that bond0 is the master.

In bond0's config file.

TYPE=Bond
BONDING_MASTER=yes

Sample Master File


DEVICE=bond0
NAME=bond0
TYPE=Bond
BONDING_MASTER=yes
IPADDR=192.168.1.1
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
BONDING_OPTS="bonding parameters separated by spaces"

Sample Slave File

DEVICE=ethN
NAME=bond0-slave
TYPE=Ethernet
BOOTPROTO=none
ONBOOT=yes
MASTER=bond0
SLAVE=yes