.TH VBLADE 8
.SH NAME
vblade \- virtual AoE target
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vblade
[
.B -ir
] [
.B -s
.I size
] [
.B -a
.I shelf.slot
] [
.B -c
.I config
]
.B file
[
.B -e
ether
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
For each
.I file
specified,
.I vblade
serves it as an AoE (ATA-over-Ethernet) target via
the specified interfaces.  The default interface is
.BR /net/ether0 .
Since AoE uses raw Ethernet frames, the target is
only visible on the local ethernet segment.
.PP
All target-related options are reset for each
.IR file .
.SS Options
.TP \w'\fL-e\ \fIetherXX'u
.B -i
Initialize the configuration header in 
.IR file .
All previous configuration information is lost.  Without this option,
configuration is read from
.I file
and command like options override previous settings.
.TP
.B -r
Raw.  Do not use a configuration header.  This is useful when
exporting a device or file not generally exported by
.IR vblade .
.TP
.BI -s " n"
The exported target will have size
.IR n ,
rather than the available space in the target.  A size may end in
.LR p ,
.LR t ,
.LR g ,
.LR m ,
or
.LR k
to specify a customary
.I binary
multiplier.
.TP
.BI -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.
.TP
.BI -c " s"
Set the AoE config string to
.IR s .
.TP
.BI -e " ether"
Listen to the network port
.IR ether.
Multiple ports may be specified.
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR aoe (3),
.IR sdaoe (3),
.IR http://www.coraid.com/documents/AoEr11.txt .
.SH 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.