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diff --git a/Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt b/Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..43e50108d0e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/aoe/aoe.txt @@ -0,0 +1,91 @@ +The EtherDrive (R) HOWTO for users of 2.6 kernels is found at ... + + http://www.coraid.com/support/linux/EtherDrive-2.6-HOWTO.html + + It has many tips and hints! + +CREATING DEVICE NODES + + Users of udev should find the block device nodes created + automatically, but to create all the necessary device nodes, use the + udev configuration rules provided in udev.txt (in this directory). + + There is a udev-install.sh script that shows how to install these + rules on your system. + + If you are not using udev, two scripts are provided in + Documentation/aoe as examples of static device node creation for + using the aoe driver. + + rm -rf /dev/etherd + sh Documentation/aoe/mkdevs.sh /dev/etherd + + ... or to make just one shelf's worth of block device nodes ... + + sh Documentation/aoe/mkshelf.sh /dev/etherd 0 + + There is also an autoload script that shows how to edit + /etc/modprobe.conf to ensure that the aoe module is loaded when + necessary. + +USING DEVICE NODES + + "cat /dev/etherd/err" blocks, waiting for error diagnostic output, + like any retransmitted packets. + + "echo eth2 eth4 > /dev/etherd/interfaces" tells the aoe driver to + limit ATA over Ethernet traffic to eth2 and eth4. AoE traffic from + untrusted networks should be ignored as a matter of security. + + "echo > /dev/etherd/discover" tells the driver to find out what AoE + devices are available. + + These character devices may disappear and be replaced by sysfs + counterparts, so distribution maintainers are encouraged to create + scripts that use these devices. + + The block devices are named like this: + + e{shelf}.{slot} + e{shelf}.{slot}p{part} + + ... so that "e0.2" is the third blade from the left (slot 2) in the + first shelf (shelf address zero). That's the whole disk. The first + partition on that disk would be "e0.2p1". + +USING SYSFS + + Each aoe block device in /sys/block has the extra attributes of + state, mac, and netif. The state attribute is "up" when the device + is ready for I/O and "down" if detected but unusable. The + "down,closewait" state shows that the device is still open and + cannot come up again until it has been closed. + + The mac attribute is the ethernet address of the remote AoE device. + The netif attribute is the network interface on the localhost + through which we are communicating with the remote AoE device. + + There is a script in this directory that formats this information + in a convenient way. + + root@makki root# sh Documentation/aoe/status.sh + e10.0 eth3 up + e10.1 eth3 up + e10.2 eth3 up + e10.3 eth3 up + e10.4 eth3 up + e10.5 eth3 up + e10.6 eth3 up + e10.7 eth3 up + e10.8 eth3 up + e10.9 eth3 up + e4.0 eth1 up + e4.1 eth1 up + e4.2 eth1 up + e4.3 eth1 up + e4.4 eth1 up + e4.5 eth1 up + e4.6 eth1 up + e4.7 eth1 up + e4.8 eth1 up + e4.9 eth1 up |