Aaron Dailey wrote:
> 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
...
> I would like to call for a vote from other core contributors to
> approve/disprove this project. I vote +1 on the proposal.
Hi Aaron,
this project proposal completely slipped my mind - I thought
it had already been given the go-ahead.
+1 from me, definitely.
cheers,
James C. McPherson
--
Solaris kernel software engineer, system admin and troubleshooter
http://www.jmcp.homeunix.com/blog
Find me on LinkedIn @ http://www.linkedin.com/in/jamescmcpherson
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