From: John Ferlan type, which is one of dir,
fs, netfs, disk,
iscsi, logical, scsi
- (all since 0.4.1), mpath
- (since 0.7.1), rbd
- (since 0.9.13), sheepdog
- (since 0.10.0),
- gluster (since
- 1.2.0), zfs (since
- 1.2.8) or vstorage (since
- 3.1.0). This corresponds to the
+ (all since 0.4.1),
+ mpath (since 0.7.1),
+ rbd (since 0.9.13),
+ sheepdog (since 0.10.0),
+ gluster (since 1.2.0),
+ zfs (since 1.2.8),
+ vstorage (since 3.1.0),
+ or iscsi-direct (since 4.7.0).
+ This corresponds to the
storage backend drivers listed further along in this document.
devicefs, logical, disk,
- iscsi, zfs, vstorage).
+ iscsi, iscsi-direct, zfs,
+ vstorage).
May be repeated multiple times depending on backend driver. Contains
a required attribute path which is either the fully
qualified path to the block device node or for iscsi
- the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN).
+ or iscsi-direct the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN).
Since 0.4.1
An optional attribute part_separator for each
path may be supplied. Valid values for the attribute
@@ -334,6 +336,7 @@
hostnetfs, iscsi,
+ iscsi-direct,
rbd, sheepdog, gluster). Will be
used in combination with a directory
or device element. Contains an attribute name
@@ -348,11 +351,19 @@
server. See the storage driver page for
any restrictions for specific storage backends.
Since 0.4.1initiatoriscsi-direct pool in order to provide
+ the iSCSI Qualified Name (IQN) to communicate with the pool's
+ device target IQN. There is one sub-element
+ iqn with the name attribute to describe
+ the IQN for the initiator.
+ Since 4.7.0authauth element provides the
authentication credentials needed to access the source by the
setting of the type attribute (pool
- types iscsi, rbd). The type
+ types iscsi, iscsi-direct, rbd).
+ The type
must be either "chap" or "ceph". Use "ceph" for
Ceph RBD (Rados Block Device) network sources and use "iscsi" for CHAP
(Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol) iSCSI
diff --git a/docs/storage.html.in b/docs/storage.html.in
index 9adcc2a87f..c8617aace5 100644
--- a/docs/storage.html.in
+++ b/docs/storage.html.in
@@ -437,9 +437,9 @@
- This is a variant of the iSCSI pool. Instead of unsing iscsiadm, it uses + This is a variant of the iSCSI pool. Instead of using iscsiadm, it uses libiscsi. - It require a host, a path which is the target iqn and an initiator iqn. + It requires a host, a path which is the target IQN, and an initiator IQN.
- The iSCSI volume pool does not use the pool format type element. + The iSCSI direct volume pool does not use the pool format type element.
- The iSCSI volume pool does not use the volume format type element. + The iSCSI direct volume pool does not use the volume format type element.