ISCSI installation via IPv6 fails

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

Situation

iSCSI installation targets provided via ipv6 fail to connect. The boot process will abort and show messages similar to:

Starting iSCSI daemon
Logging in to [iface: xxxx......
iscsiadm: Could not login to [iface: xxx.....
iscsiadm: initiator reported error (8 - connection timed out)
iscsiadm: no records found

Resolution

A Driver Update Disk (DUD) fixing this issue is available. Please find it and instructions on how to use it at:
http://drivers.suse.com/suse/iscsi-ipv6/sle11sp3-x86_64/

Cause

The initrd disk image isn't built properly in order to use iSCSI in an IPV6 environment. An update for the package mkinitrd is provided within that DUD.

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