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MFC r290670: Modify target port groups logic in CTL.

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MFC r290670: Modify target port groups logic in CTL.

  • Introduce "ha_shared" port option, which being set to "on" moves the

port into separate port group, shared between HA nodes. This allows to
better handle cases when iSCSI portals are bound to CARP address that can
dynamically move between nodes. Some initiators (at least VMware) don't
detect that after iSCSI reconnect they've attached to different SCSI port
from different port group, that totally breakes ALUA status parsing.
In theory, I believe, it should be enough to have different iSCSI portal
group tags on different nodes to make initiators detect this condition,
but it seems like VMware ignores those values, and even full LUN retaste
forced by UA does not help.

  • Make CTL report up to three port groups: 1 -- non-HA mode or ports

with "ha_shared" option set, 2 -- HA node 1, 3 -- HA node 2.

  • Report Transitioning state for all port groups when HA interlink is

connected, but neither of nodes is primary for the LUN.

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rS291387: MFC r290615: Introduce portal group options in ctl.conf.
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