aoecfg(8) [debian man page]

aoecfg(8)						      System Manager's Manual							 aoecfg(8)

NAME

       aoecfg - manipulate AoE configuration strings

SYNOPSIS

       aoecfg [-c cmd] [-s cfgstr] [-t timeout] [shelf slot] [netif]

DESCRIPTION

       Aoecfg(8)  sends  AoE configuration commands that control the retrivial, conditional or unconditional setting of AoE configuration strings.
       Since configuration happens before the MAC address of the target is known, the packet is broadcast.  AoE targets with a matching shelf  and
       slot respond.  Since the default shelf and slot are the wildcard values 0xffff and 0xff, with no arguments aoecfg(8) will return configura-
       tion strings from all targets visible on the default interface, eth0.

OPTIONS

       -c cmd  specify the AoE configuration command.  The default is read.  The available commands are

       read Read the server config string without performing any test and respond.

       test Respond only if the specified string exactly matches the server configuration string.

       prefix Respond only if the specified string is a prefix of the server configuration string.

       set If the current server config string is empty, set the server config string to the argument string and respond.  If the  current  server
	       config string is not empty, return a response with Flags bit E set and Error set to 4.

       fset Force set the server config string to the argument string and respond.

       -s cfgstr
	       specify the config string.

       -t timeout
	       specify	the  timeout in seconds.  The default is no timeout.  If neither the shelf nor the slot are specified, aoecfg(8) will exit
	       after the first result.	Otherwise, aoecfg(8) will exit only after the timeout  has  expired  since  it	does  not  know  how  many
	       responses to expect.

       shelf slot
	       specify the shelf and slot used in the query.  If unspecified, they default to broadcast.

       netif   specifiy the network interface.	The default is eth0.

SEE ALSO

       aoe-discover(8),   aoe-interfaces(8),  aoe-mkdevs(8),  aoe-mkshelf(8),  aoe-stat(8),  aoeping(8),  AoE  (ATA  over  Ethernet):  http://sup-
       port.coraid.com/documents/AoEr10.txt, ATA specification

AUTHOR

       Erik Quanstrom (quanstro@coraid.com)

																	 aoecfg(8)

aoe-mkshelf(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    aoe-mkshelf(8)

NAME

       aoe-mkshelf - create special device files for one shelf address

SYNOPSIS

       aoe-mkshelf {device-dir} {shelf-address}
       env n_partitions=1 aoe-mkshelf {device-dir} {shelf-address}

DESCRIPTION

       The  aoe-mkshelf  command  is not needed on systems that have udev installed and is incompatible with aoe drivers that have the aoe_dyndevs
       module parameter set to 1.

       Systems lacking udev and having an aoe driver that uses static minor device numbers can use aoe-mkshelf to create the block  special  files
       necessary to access the AoE devices with the given shelf address.

       All  aoe  drivers  prior  to  aoe6-50 use static minor device numbers.  Versions 50 and up use dynamic minor device numbers when the module
       parameter aoe_dyndevs=1 is set.

       If you are using static minor device numbers and your aoe driver supports only one partition per device (whole-disk partitions),  then  the
       device files must match, and you should use the n_partitions environment variable described below.

   Arguments
       device-dir
	      This should be the name of the directory where the block device files will be created.

       shelf-address
	      This  is	the  AoE  major address, or shelf address, for which to create device nodes.  For example, specifying a shelf address of 1
	      means that the e1.* device nodes will be created in device-dir.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

       If the n_partitions variable is set in the environment, it will override the default number of partitions per aoe disk, namely 16.

EXAMPLE

       In this example, the root user on a host named nai creates special files for using the aoe disks in shelf 7.  Then he  remembers  that  the
       driver doesn't have partition support, so the command is called again with n_partitions set to 1.

	      nai:~# aoe-mkshelf /dev/etherd 7
	      nai:~# ls /dev/etherd/e7.* | wc -l
	      160
	      nai:~# rm /dev/etherd/e7.*
	      nai:~# n_partitions=1 aoe-mkshelf /dev/etherd 7
	      nai:~# ls /dev/etherd/e7.* | wc -l
	      10
	      nai:~#

SEE ALSO

       aoe-discover(8), aoe-interfaces(8), aoe-mkdevs(8), aoe-stat(8), aoetools(8), udev(7).

AUTHOR

       Ed L. Cashin (ecashin@coraid.com)

																    aoe-mkshelf(8)