NAME
vblade – virtual AoE target

SYNOPSIS
disk/vblade [ –ir ] [ –s size ] [ –a shelf.slot ] [ –c config ] file [ –e ether ]

DESCRIPTION
For each file specified, vblade serves it as an AoE (ATA–over–Ethernet) target via the specified interfaces. The default interface is /net/ether0. Since AoE uses raw Ethernet frames, the target is only visible on the local ethernet segment.

All target–related options are reset for each file.

Options
i       Initialize the configuration header in file. All previous configuration information is lost. Without this option, configuration is read from file and command like options override previous settings.
r       Raw. Do not use a configuration header. This is useful when exporting a device or file not generally exported by vblade.
s n      The exported target will have size n, rather than the available space in the target. A size may end in p, t, g, m, or k to specify a customary binary multiplier.
a m.n    Specify the shelf and slot (or major and minor) address of the target. Valid shelf numbers are between 0 and 65534. Valid slots are 0–255.
c s      Set the AoE config string to s.
e ether   Listen to the network port ether. Multiple ports may be specified.

SEE ALSO
aoe(3), sdaoe(3), http://www.coraid.com/documents/AoEr11.txt.

SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/disk/vblade

BUGS
Security depends on control of the local Ethernet segment. It may be unwise to serve AoE on a segment bridged to a wireless network.