SLES

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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

Company / developer	SUSE
OS family	Unix-like
Working state	Current
Source model	Open source
Initial release	March 1994
Latest stable release	11 SP3 / July 1, 2013; 7 years ago (2013-07-01)
Marketing target	commercial market (include Mainframes, Servers, Workstations, Supercomputers
Language(s)	Multilingual
Update method	Zypper/YaST2
Package manager	RPM Package Manager
Supported platforms	IA-32, x86-64, s390x, PowerPC, Itanium
Kernel type	Monolithic (Linux)
Userland	GNU
Default user interface	KDE Plasma Desktop and GNOME
License	GNU General Public License, version 2 (GPLv2) and Various.
Official website	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) is a Linux-based operating system developed by SUSE. It is designed for servers, mainframes, and workstations but can be installed on desktop computers for testing as well. New major versions are released at an interval of 3-4 years, while minor versions (called "Service Packs") are released about every 18 months. SUSE Linux Enterprise products, including SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, receive much more intense testing than the openSUSE community product, with the intention that only mature, stable versions of the included components will make it through to the released enterprise product.

LIO has been the default block storage target from version SLES 11 SP2, which was released on 2012-02-15.

Contents 1 Summary 2 Installation 2.1 Resolve dependencies 2.2 Build 2.3 Run 3 Initiator 4 See also 5 External links

Summary

Versions	v12.1
Archive	-
Source gits	target_core.ko, targetcli
Documentation	targetcli

Installation

SLES still requires a manual installation of the full targetcli user space shell from targetcli.

Resolve dependencies

The targetcli components depend on a number of Python packages. Install them first as as follows.

Install lio-utils.

Install the configshell dependencies:

$ su -c 'zypper install python-simpleparse'
$ su -c 'zypper install python-urwid'
$ su -c 'zypper install epydoc'

Install RTSlib dependencies:

$ su -c 'zypper install python-configobj'
$ su -c 'zypper install python-netifaces'
$ su -c 'zypper install python-ipaddr'

Install targetcli dependencies:

$ su -c 'zypper install libreadline6'
$ su -c 'zypper install python-devel'

Build

Build lio-utils.

Build RTSlib:

$ cd rtslib
$ make deb
$ su -c 'dpkg -i dist/python-rtslib_2.1.9.g7076acf_all.deb'
$ cd ..

Build configshell:

$ cd configshell
$ make deb
$ su -c 'dpkg -i dist/python-configshell_1.1.5.gd866b24_all.deb'
$ cd ..

Build targetcli:

$ cd targetcli
$ make deb
$ su -c 'dpkg -i dist/python-rtslib_2.1.9.g7076acf_all.deb'
$ cd ..

Run

Run targetcli as 'root' as follows:

# PYTHONPATH=. ./scripts/targetcli

Initiator

The Open-iSCSI Initiator comes pre-installed on openSUSE.

See also

Distribution	Version[Linux 1]	Release	Archive	Install	Source git[Linux 2]	Documentation
CentOS	6.2	2011-12-20	CentOS mirror	su -c 'yum install fcoe-target-utils'	targetcli-fb.git	Tech Notes
Debian	7.0 ("wheezy")	TBA	Debian pool	su -c 'apt-get install targetcli'	targetcli
Fedora	16, 17/18	2011-11-08	Fedora Rawhide	su -c 'yum install targetcli'	targetcli-fb.git	Target Wiki
openSUSE	12.1	2011-11-08	Requires manual installation from targetcli.
RHEL	6.2	2011-11-16	Fedora Rawhide	su -c 'yum install fcoe-target-utils'	targetcli-fb.git	Tech Notes
Scientific Linux	6.2	2012-02-16	SL Mirror	su -c 'yum install fcoe-target-utils'	targetcli-fb.git	Tech Notes
SLES	SP2	2012-02-15	Requires manual installation from targetcli.
Ubuntu	PrecisePangolin v12	2012-04-26	Ubuntu universe	su -c 'apt-get install targetcli'	targetcli

1. ↑ The distribution release where LIO was included first.
2. ↑ Technical support, and qualified backports to other kernels and distributions are available from Datera.

External links

• openSUSE Official website
• openSUSE Wikipedia entry
• List of Linux distributions Wikipedia entry
• How to Connect to an iSCSI Volume using Open-iSCSI in Linux