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--- nndocs:nvme-of [2025/10/26 21:15] – snark +1 naptastic
+++ nndocs:nvme-of [2025/10/26 23:45] (current) – snark +1 naptastic
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-TODO Please put storage traffic on its own IB subnet and limit things sanely.
 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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 Create the subsystem:
     /> subsystems/ create nqn.2014-08.rocks.narf.southpark
+NVMe calls network ports "service IDs", and has their own idea for "ports". Good for them.
 Create a port and set its properties:
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 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
+    /> subsystems/nqn.2014-08.rocks.narf.southpark/namespaces/1 set device path=/dev/disk/by-id/nvme-eui.foo
     /> subsystems/nqn.2014-08.rocks.narf.southpark/namespaces/1 enable
+Don't use /dev/nvme* names; they can change order on reboot.
 You can use a file as a backstore. The syntax is not at all obvious. Why "group=device"? Whatever: