COMSTAR uses SMF to store its current, persistent configuration, such as logical unit mapping, host group definitions, and target group definitions. When the service is enabled during boot or when using the svcadm command, it clears any stale configuration data inside the kernel framework, and then reloads the configuration from the SMF repository into the driver. After the configuration is loaded, any changes that are made to the configuration are automatically updated inside the driver database, as well as inside the SMF repository. For example, any changes made through the stmfadm command are automatically updated in both areas.
The COMSTAR target mode framework runs as the stmf service. By default, the service is disabled. You must enable the service to use COMSTAR functionality. You can identify the service with the svcs command. If you have not rebooted the server since installing the group/feature/storage-server package, the service might not be enabled correctly.
target# pkg install group/feature/storage-server Packages to install: 75 Create boot environment: No Services to restart: 7 DOWNLOAD PKGS FILES XFER (MB) Completed 75/75 9555/9555 105.7/105.7 PHASE ACTIONS Install Phase 13347/13347 PHASE ITEMS Package State Update Phase 75/75 Image State Update Phase 2/2 Loading smf(5) service descriptions: 17/17 Loading smf(5) service descriptions: 3/3 PHASE ITEMS Reading Existing Index 8/8 Indexing Packages 75/75 Indexing Packages 75/75 Optimizing Index... PHASE ITEMS Indexing Packages 573/573
target# svcadm enable stmf target# svcs stmf STATE STIME FMRI online 09:42:32 svc:/system/stmf:default