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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, con‐
figuration is read from file and command like options over‐
ride 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 avail‐
able space in the target. A size may end in or 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 ALSO
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.
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