In this article, we set up an iSCSI target for the 2.4 linux kernel. Development for the 2.4 kernel, at least with the iSCSI target we are using has ceased, so we needed move to 2.6. In this article, we will set up an iSCSI target using the latest and greatest iSCSI target software available […]
Creating an iSCSI Target with the Linux 2.6 Kernel
Nexenta NexentaStor NAS and iSCSI – Part 1
>1< | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 Nexenta sells a software based NAS and iSCSI solution that is built on their Open Source NexentaOS GNU/OpenSolaris project. OK. This is getting pretty cool. As crankish users of GNU/Linux as a designation on NetAdminTools for many years, it is nice to see Stallman’s […]
Nexenta NexentaStor NAS and iSCSI – Part 2
1 | >2< | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 There is a license agreement: The registration code comes back via email quickly: The machine signature stays the same with repeated installs, so if you want to start over, just re-extract the VMware image and reinstall. Select a different IP address if needed. The […]
Nexenta NexentaStor NAS and iSCSI – Part 3
1 | 2 | >3< | 4 | 5 | 6 Set passwords: The disks were set up as part of the VM: The disks show up on the left pane. Set up your volume: There are many different options for accessing the volume, including iSCSI, CIFS, NFS, FTP, RSYNC, and WebDAV: 1 | 2 […]
Nexenta NexentaStor NAS and iSCSI – Part 4
1 | 2 | 3 | >4< | 5 | 6 Review and save changes: Here is the Data Management, Runners area showing an error that the NTP server we chose isn’t available: Here is the first part of the status page (we scrunched it to show half): Here is the second half of the […]
Nexenta NexentaStor NAS and iSCSI – Part 5
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | >5< | 6 There is an awesome Ajax terminal: NexentaStor has syncing services: Snapping service: Tiering: Here is the output of top from an SSH session: PID USERNAME SIZE RSS STATE PRI NICE TIME CPU PROCESS/NLWP 6938 admin 5148K 3188K sleep 59 0 0:00:10 2.1% bash/1 710 […]
Nexenta NexentaStor NAS and iSCSI – Part 6
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | >6< A peek around the filesystem and the kernel: admin@nex1:/$ ls bin dev export initrd media opt root system var boot devices files kernel mnt platform sbin tmp volumes cdrom etc home lib net proc srv usr admin@nex1:/$ ls sbin autopush in.mpathd netstrategy runlevel umount […]
Creating an HP CUPS Printer
Lame article, yes, but I was able to fix some problems with my Officejet and get it running on Ubuntu 12.04: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/install/index.html This is the link for administering my model of printer. YMMV (YMWPV): https://192.168.y.x:631/printers/Officejet_J4680
Quick and Easy NAS using FreeNAS – Part 1
There are 4 parts to this article: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 FreeNAS is a very compact and free (as in BSD) CIFS, NFS, and FTP server with RAID 0, 1, 5 support, and a web administration GUI. Believe it or not the whole install is 16 megs. To […]
Quick and Easy NAS using FreeNAS – Part 2
There are 4 parts to this article: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 Here is the second question that you answer “y” to if you are very confident you don’t have any devices you want the data on hooked up to this system: Now, perhaps you are familiar with the […]
Quick and Easy NAS using FreeNAS – Part 3
There are 4 parts to this article: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4 When the system comes back up, it should list the correct interface, as well as the default LAN IP address: Choose option 2 to set the LAN IP address and subnet mask: Reboot again to make sure […]