ISCSI message while copying files: initiator_get_connection no connection available hacb

  • 3001970
  • 15-May-2006
  • 26-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell NetWare 6.5
ISCSI

Situation

Message:  initiator_get_connection no connection available hacb
Message:  waiting for iscsi hdr

Resolution

This message means that at the time the HACB was sent down, the connection was not immediately available and was queued up.  ISCSI only handles one I/O at a time. This message generally means that ISCSI is a little busy with some write requests.

Additional Information

Portion of ISCSI log:

0x000145F5="[!] initiator_get_connection no connection available hacb=0xBF5FC420"
0x000145F6="[i] [CON0:2] waiting for iscsi hdr"
0x000145F7="[i] [CON0:2] waiting for iscsi hdr"
0x000145F8="[i] [CON0:2] waiting for iscsi hdr"
0x000145F9="[!] initiator_get_connection no connection available hacb=0xBF5FC120"
0x000145FA="[!] initiator_get_connection no connection available hacb=0xBF5FC120"
0x000145FB="[i] [CON0:2] waiting for iscsi hdr"
0x000145FC="[!] initiator_get_connection no connection available hacb=0xBF5FC020"
0x000145FD="[i] [CON0:2] waiting for iscsi hdr"
0x000145FE="[!] initiator_get_connection no connection available hacb=0xBF5FBE20"
0x000145FF="[i] [CON0:2] waiting for iscsi hdr"
0x00014600="[!] initiator_get_connection no connection available hacb=0xBF5FBF20"
0x00014601="[i] [CON0:2] waiting for iscsi hdr"
0x00014602="[!] initiator_get_connection no connection available hacb=0xBF5FBD20"
0x00014603="[i] [CON0:2] waiting for iscsi hdr"
0x00014604="[i] [CON0:2] waiting for iscsi hdr"
0x00014605="[i] [CON0:2] waiting for iscsi hdr"
0x00014606="[!] initiator_get_connection no connection available hacb=0xBF5FC320"
0x00014607="[i] [CON0:2] waiting for iscsi hdr"