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--- nndocs:nvme-of [2024/02/24 21:28] – [Initiator] add disconnect info naptastic
+++ nndocs:nvme-of [2024/09/08 22:00] (current) – Move NQN info to sandbox naptastic
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 TODO Please put storage traffic on its own IB subnet and limit things sanely.
-NQNs: nqn.2014-08.rocks.narf.hostname is the whole thing. No :01 or any of that jazz, at least not yet.
 The goal is to run everything over RDMA (InfiniBand specifically) and maybe have TCP as a fallback. (If TCP, then I probably want to try VMA... which I don't want to do.)
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 NVMe uses "namespaces" (which are numbers) instead of LUNs. Good for them.
-Create and share namespace:
+Create, set, and enable namespace:
     /> subsystems/nqn.2014-08.rocks.narf.southpark/namespaces create 1
     /> subsystems/nqn.2014-08.rocks.narf.southpark/namespaces/1 set device path=/dev/nvme0n1
-    Parameter path is now '/dev/nvme0n1'.
     /> subsystems/nqn.2014-08.rocks.narf.southpark/namespaces/1 enable
-    The Namespace has been enabled.
 You can use a file as a backstore. The syntax is not at all obvious. Why "group=device"? Whatever:
     />subsystems/nqn.2014-08.rocks.narf.hostname/namespaces/1 set group=device path=/path/to/some/host.img
-I haven't checked if this works for partitions or SATA drives.
+I haven't checked if this works for partitions or SATA drives, but I think it should?
 I haven't figured out ramdisks yet. There isn't a built-in system like in LIO.
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 Log in:
     # nvme connect -t rdma -n nqn.2014-08.rocks.narf.southpark -a 172.20.64.13 -s 4420
+Rescan:
+    # nvme ns-rescan /dev/nvme1
+  * If a namespace you expect to appear isn't appearing, check the target to see if you forget to enable it
 Disconnect a subsystem: