Aaron Dailey wrote:
> I'd like to propose an Open Solaris project devoted to implementing
> NPort ID Virtualization (NPIV) for the OpenSolaris Fibre Channel driver
> stack ("Leadville")
>
> NPIV allows one physical FibreChannel NPort to obtain multiple N Port
> IDs. NPIV is especially interesting for servers using a hypervisor. With
> NPIV, each guest operating system can have its own N Port ID, so system
> administrators can use Fibre Channel zoning and LUN masking for each
> guest operating system. Some hypervisor environments support migrating
> guest operating systems - with NPIV, the N Port ID will also migrate
> with the guest operating system.
>
> There's some background reading on my blog at:
> http://blogs.sun.com/AaronDailey/entry/more_npiv_reading
> http://blogs.sun.com/AaronDailey/entry/npiv_and_solaris_fibrechannel
>
> This project will add support for NPIV to the OpenSolaris FibreChannel
> stack, and also add the NPIV support for Xen and Logical Domains.
>
> Initially it will be endorsed by the storage community.
>
> Project Leaders:
>
> Aaron Dailey
> Allan Ou
> Jack Meng
> Roger Dong
>
> Aaron Dailey
>
>
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I would like to call for a vote from other core contributors to
approve/disprove this project. I vote +1 on the proposal.
Aaron
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