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

John Ferlan jferlan at redhat.com
Sat Jul 18 11:43:09 UTC 2015


"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(-)

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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