[libvirt] [PATCH 1/4] docs: Document the new vHBA/NPIV params for storage

John Ferlan jferlan at redhat.com
Wed Jan 11 12:25:52 UTC 2017


Commit id 'bb74a7ffe' forgot to adjust the storage docs to describe the
new fields.

Signed-off-by: John Ferlan <jferlan at redhat.com>
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 docs/formatstorage.html.in | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/formatstorage.html.in b/docs/formatstorage.html.in
index a7273ed..f6887ae 100644
--- a/docs/formatstorage.html.in
+++ b/docs/formatstorage.html.in
@@ -237,6 +237,23 @@
             the scsi_hostN of some existing storage pool.
             <span class="since">Since 1.0.4</span>
           </dd>
+          <dt><code>parent_wwnn</code> and <code>parent_wwpn</code></dt>
+          <dd>Instead of the <code>parent</code> to specify which scsi_host
+            to use by name, it's possible to provide the wwnn and wwpn of
+            the parent to be used for the vHBA in order to ensure that
+            between reboots or after a hardware configuration change that
+            the scsi_host parent name doesn't change. Both the parent_wwnn
+            and parent_wwpn must be provided.
+            <span class="since">Since 3.0.0</span>
+          </dd>
+          <dt><code>parent_fabric_wwn</code></dt>
+          <dd>Instead of the <code>parent</code> to specify which scsi_host
+            to use by name, it's possible to provide the fabric_wwn on which
+            the scsi_host exists. This provides flexibility for choosing
+            a scsi_host that may be available on the fabric rather than
+            requiring a specific parent by wwnn or wwpn to be available.
+            <span class="since">Since 3.0.0</span>
+          </dd>
           <dt><code>managed</code></dt>
           <dd>An optional attribute to instruct the SCSI storage backend to
             manage destroying the vHBA when the pool is destroyed. For
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2.7.4




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