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NAME

vblade – virtual AoE target

SYNOPSIS

disk/vblade [ -ir ] [ -s size ] [ -a shelf.slot ] [ -c config ] file [ -e ether ]

DESCRIPTION

For each file specified, vblade serves it as an AoE (ATA-over-Ethernet) target via the specified interfaces. The default interface is /net/ether0. Since AoE uses raw Ethernet frames, the target is only visible on the local ethernet segment.

All target-related options are reset for each file.

Options

-i

Initialize the configuration header in file. All previous configuration information is lost. Without this option, configuration is read from file and command like options override previous settings.  

-r

Raw. Do not use a configuration header. This is useful when exporting a device or file not generally exported by vblade.  

-s n

The exported target will have size n, rather than the available space in the target. A size may end in p, t, g, m, or k to specify a customary binary multiplier.  

-a m.n

Specify the shelf and slot (or major and minor) address of the target. Valid shelf numbers are between 0 and 65534. Valid slots are 0-255.  

-c s

Set the AoE config string to s.  

-e ether

Listen to the network port ether. Multiple ports may be specified.  

SEE

aoe(3), sdaoe(3), http://www.coraid.com/documents/AoEr11.txt.

SOURCE

/sys/src/cmd/disk/vblade

BUGS

Security depends on control of the local Ethernet segment. It may be unwise to serve AoE on a segment bridged to a wireless network.