From 64f0daaf563ce58a58caeb4d0e27badd01bc7e4d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Santhoshkumar Kolathur Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 18:12:14 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] Update Fibre Channel Zone Manager config documentation This patch updates block storage config reference documentation by adding a section describing Fibre Channel Zone Manager and Brocade Fibre Channel Zone Driver configuration details. Change-Id: I315b92f10b7b6cb63046fa9c377cdce191450cea Closes-Bug: #1284993 --- .../block-storage/section_fc-zoning.xml | 70 +++++++++++++++++++ .../ch_blockstorageconfigure.xml | 1 + 2 files changed, 71 insertions(+) create mode 100644 doc/config-reference/block-storage/section_fc-zoning.xml diff --git a/doc/config-reference/block-storage/section_fc-zoning.xml b/doc/config-reference/block-storage/section_fc-zoning.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8e51d85039 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/config-reference/block-storage/section_fc-zoning.xml @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +
+ Fibre Channel Zone Manager + The Fibre Channel Zone Manager allows FC SAN Zone/Access + control management in conjunction with Fibre Channel block + storage. The configuration of Fibre Channel Zone Manager and + various zone drivers are described in this section. +
+ Configure Block Storage to use Fibre Channel Zone Manager + + If Block Storage is configured to use a Fibre Channel volume + driver that supports Zone Manager, update + cinder.conf to add the following + configuration options to enable Fibre Channel Zone Manager. + + Make the following changes in the + /etc/cinder/cinder.conf + file. + + To use different Fibre Channel Zone Drivers, use the + parameters described in this section. + + When multi backend configuration is used, provide + the configuration option as + part of the volume driver configuration where + option is specified. + + + Default value of is + None and this needs to be changed to + fabric to allow fabric zoning. + + + can be configured as + initiator-target or + initiator + + +
+
+ Brocade Fibre Channel Zone Driver + Brocade Fibre Channel Zone Driver performs zoning operations + via SSH. Configure Brocade Zone Driver and lookup service by + specifying the following parameters: + + Configure SAN fabric parameters in the form of fabric + groups as described in the example below: + + + Define a fabric group for each fabric using the fabric names + used in configuration option + as group name. + + +
+ System requirements + Brocade Fibre Channel Zone Driver requires firmware version + FOS v6.4 or higher. + As a best practice for zone management, use a user account + with zoneadmin role. + Users with admin role (including the default + admin user account) are limited to a maximum + of two concurrent SSH sessions. + + For information about how to manage Brocade Fibre Channel + switches, see the Brocade Fabric OS user documentation. +
+
+
diff --git a/doc/config-reference/ch_blockstorageconfigure.xml b/doc/config-reference/ch_blockstorageconfigure.xml index c466c569ce..8718a3e54b 100644 --- a/doc/config-reference/ch_blockstorageconfigure.xml +++ b/doc/config-reference/ch_blockstorageconfigure.xml @@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ +