ATA over Ethernet driver 64 (For Linux 2.6 branch)
This driver allows the Linux kernel to use the ATA over Ethernet (AoE) network protocol. Using AoE, a Linux system can use AoE block devices like EtherDrive (R) storage blades. The block devices appear as local device nodes (e.g. /dev/etherd/e0.0). License: GNU General Public License (GPL) Changes:
The compatibility system was generalized. Support for the 2.6.26 Linux kernel was added.
vblade-persist(8) System Manager's Manual vblade-persist(8)NAME
vblade-persist - manage persistent exported ATA-over-Ethernet devices
SYNOPSIS
vblade-persist ls [--no-header]
vblade-persist setup shelf slot netif blockdev
vblade-persist destroy shelf slot
vblade-persist { start | stop | restart | auto | noauto } shelf slot
vblade-persist { start | stop | restart | auto | noauto } all
vblade-persist mac shelf slot { ls | clear }
vblade-persist mac shelf slot { add | del } [ addr ... ]
DESCRIPTION
The vblade-persist script is used to show and manipulate persistently-exported ATA-over-Ethernet devices. It has a simple subcommand syn-
tax.
Persistent AoE device exports can be configured to come up at boot time. For each running persistent AoE export, a symlink pointing to the
backing device is created in /dev/etherd/, mirroring the devices seen by clients of the AoE device.
MANAGEMENT SUBCOMMANDS
ls [--noheader]
vblade-persist ls shows all existing persistent AoE exports. The columns of the output are, in order: AoE Shelf, AoE Slot, Network Inter-
face, Backing Device, AutoStart, Status. AutoStart is either "auto" (start automatically at boot), or "noauto" (don't start automatically
at boot). Status should be either "run" (running) or "down" (not running).
The optional --no-header argument suppresses the header line. This may be convenient for machine-parseable output.
setup shelf slot netif source
vblade-persist setup creates a new persistent exported AoE block device. You must supply all four additional arguments. These are the
same arguments supplied to vblade(8). You should specify source using an absolute path.
New devices set up this way are noauto (not brought up automatically at boot) and down (not exported immediately).
destroy shelf slot
vblade-persist destroy halts any running exported AoE block device managed by vblade-persist and removes the service directory used to man-
age it.
start shelf slot
stop shelf slot
restart shelf slot
These commands control a specific exported AoE device. Instead of specifying shelf and slot , you can also provide the special keyword all
which will act on every exported AoE device.
auto shelf slot
noauto shelf slot
These commands control whether a specific exported AoE device should be started automatically ( auto ) or not ( noauto ) at system boot
time. Instead of specifying shelf and slot , you can also provide the special keyword all which will act on every exported AoE device.
MAC-ADDRESS FILTERING
You can use vblade-persist to restrict access to specific exports by MAC address, using the mac subcommand.
mac shelf slot ls
List all MAC addresses allowed to access the specified device, one per line. If the list is empty, no MAC address limits are imposed on
this device.
mac shelf slot clear
Remove all MAC address filtering from the specified device. No MAC address limits will be imposed on this device.
mac shelf slot add [ addr ... ]
Add a MAC address (or more than one) to the list of allowed addresses for the specified device. Note that if there were no MAC addresses
listed previously, this will enable MAC address filtering for the device.
mac shelf slot del [ addr ... ]
Remove a MAC address (or more than one) from the list of allowed addresses for the specific device. Note that if you remove all the MAC
addresses from the list, this will disable MAC address filtering for the device.
EXAMPLES
Set up /dev/sda2 as shelf 2, slot 3 on the network served by interface eth0. Make sure it starts automatically at boot, and start it up
now:
vblade-persist setup 2 3 eth0 /dev/sda2
vblade-persist auto 2 3
vblade-persist start 2 3
Limit that same export to MAC addresses aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff and 11:22:33:44:55:66:
vblade-persist mac 2 3 add aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff 11:22:33:44:55:66
Remove all MAC address restrictions on the same export:
vblade-persist mac 2 3 clear
BUGS
You can't currently use the vblade-persist framework to export a device (or two) with the same shelf/slot identifier on two different net-
work interfaces.
DEPENDENCIES
The exports themselves are handled by vblade(8). Supervision of the exports and convenient management is enabled by runsv(8), from the
runit suite.
SEE ALSO vblade(8), runsv(8)AUTHOR
Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
vblade-persist 2007-11-11 vblade-persist(8)