[libvirt] [PATCH 1/2] docs: Add Fibre Channel NPIV supported option for volume lun config

Martin Kletzander mkletzan at redhat.com
Mon Aug 3 14:15:16 UTC 2015


On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 07:43:09AM -0400, John Ferlan wrote:
>"Further" clarification (and testing) shows that using a SCSI Fibre
>Channel NPIV device/lun from a storage pool as a <disk type='volume'
>device'lun'> will work. So just add that to the allowable options
>
>Related to: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1230179
>
>Signed-off-by: John Ferlan <jferlan at redhat.com>
>---
> docs/formatdomain.html.in | 6 ++++--
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>

Since I have no way how to test this I must trust you.  So ACK to that.

>diff --git a/docs/formatdomain.html.in b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
>index d0c1741..cf697f3 100644
>--- a/docs/formatdomain.html.in
>+++ b/docs/formatdomain.html.in
>@@ -1972,8 +1972,10 @@
>             Using "lun" (<span class="since">since 0.9.10</span>) is only
>             valid when the <code>type</code> is "block" or "network" for
>             <code>protocol='iscsi'</code> or when the <code>type</code>
>-            is "volume" when using an iSCSI source <code>pool</code>
>-            for <code>mode</code> "host".
>+            is "volume" when using an iSCSI storage <code>pool</code>
>+            for <code>mode</code> "host" or as an
>+            <a href="http://wiki.libvirt.org/page/NPIV_in_libvirt">NPIV</a>
>+            virtual Host Bus Adapter (vHBA) using a Fibre Channel storage pool.
>             Configured in this manner, the LUN behaves identically to "disk",
>             except that generic SCSI commands from the guest are accepted
>             and passed through to the physical device. Also note that
>--
>2.1.0
>
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