CentOS - Aug 2010 - kernel: bnx2i: iSCSI not supported, dev=ethX

Running CentOS 5.5 x86_64 on Dell R710 boxes.  I have the server(s) 
configured for bonding/vlan and will be using iscsi to a SAN.  I am in 
the pre-deployment stage so I am just setting up the basic cookie cutter 
configurations so I haven't initiated the iscsi connection to a SAN yet.

While going through the error messages I noticed this error:

kernel: bnx2i: iSCSI not supported, dev=ethX.

First time I have seen this error while configuring previous Dell 
servers, though I noticed most of my older boxes are using the tg3 
module for the onboard NIC's.

Has anyone run into this error message and if so does it means what it 
says....iSCSI not supported for the target device?

Thanks,
David

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:11:41PM -0500, David wrote:
> Running CentOS 5.5 x86_64 on Dell R710 boxes.  I have the server(s) 
> configured for bonding/vlan and will be using iscsi to a SAN.  I am in 
> the pre-deployment stage so I am just setting up the basic cookie cutter 
> configurations so I haven't initiated the iscsi connection to a SAN
yet.
> 
> While going through the error messages I noticed this error:
> 
> kernel: bnx2i: iSCSI not supported, dev=ethX.
> 
bnx2i, note the "i", is a hardware iSCSI offloading driver for the
bnx2 NICs.
> First time I have seen this error while configuring previous Dell 
> servers, though I noticed most of my older boxes are using the tg3 
> module for the onboard NIC's.
> 
> Has anyone run into this error message and if so does it means what it 
> says....iSCSI not supported for the target device?
> 
It means the iSCSI hardware acceleration is not enabled/possible for that NIC.

Mike: Maybe the message should be made a bit more clear.. :)

-- Pasi