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  1. .TH vblade 8
  2. .SH NAME
  3. vblade, vbladed \- export data via ATA over Ethernet
  4. .SH SYNOPSIS
  5. .nf
  6. .B vblade {shelf} {slot} {netif} {filename}
  7. .fi
  8. .SH DESCRIPTION
  9. The
  10. .I vblade
  11. command starts a process that uses raw sockets to perform ATA over
  12. Ethernet, acting like a virtual EtherDrive (R) blade.
  13. .PP
  14. The
  15. .I vbladed
  16. script can be used to daemonize the vblade process,
  17. detaching it from your terminal and sending its output to the system
  18. logs.
  19. .SS Arguments
  20. .TP
  21. \fBshelf\fP
  22. This should be the shelf address (major AoE address) of the AoE device
  23. to create.
  24. .TP
  25. \fBslot\fP
  26. This should be the slot address (minor AoE address) of the AoE device
  27. to create.
  28. .TP
  29. \fBnetif\fP
  30. The name of the ethernet network interface to use for AoE
  31. communications.
  32. .TP
  33. \fBfilename\fP
  34. The name of the regular file or block device to export.
  35. .SH EXAMPLE
  36. In this example, the root user on a host named
  37. .I nai
  38. exports a file named "3TB" to the LAN on eth0 using AoE shelf address 11
  39. and slot address 1. The process runs in the foreground. Using
  40. .I vbladed
  41. would have resulted in the process running as a daemon in the
  42. background.
  43. .IP
  44. .EX
  45. nai:~# vblade 11 1 eth0 /data/3TB
  46. .EE
  47. .LP
  48. .SH AUTHOR
  49. Brantley Coile (brantley@coraid.com)