1aoe-interfaces(8) System Manager's Manual aoe-interfaces(8)
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6 aoe-interfaces - restrict aoe driver to specified network interfaces
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9 aoe-interfaces [dev1] [dev2 ...]
10 aoe-interfaces -c
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13 The aoe-interfaces command tells the aoe driver to ignore ATA over Eth‐
14 ernet (AoE) traffic on all but the specified network interfaces. It is
15 analogous to the aoe_iflist module load option.
16 If neither the aoe_iflist module load option nor the aoe-interfaces
18 command are used, the aoe driver will use any network interface for AoE
19 traffic. Using aoe-interfaces to limit AoE to only trusted networks
20 prevents the case where a rogue AoE target appears on a public network,
21 diverting data from the legitimate AoE target. Such an imposter target
22 effectively corrupts the data on the legitimate target.
23 If the aoe driver is a module, then calling aoe-interfaces without
25 arguments will display the current interfaces list. If it hasn't been
26 set then the output will be blank.
27 It's good to run the aoe-discover command after setting the AoE inter‐
29 faces list.
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32 -c The -c flag will clear the interface access list, permitting any
33 interface to be used.
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36 In this example, the root user on a host named nai loads the aoe module
37 with only eth0 allowable for AoE traffic. After remembering that shelf
38 7 is on eth3, this sysadmin uses aoe-interfaces to add eth3 to the list
39 of allowable network interfaces and then calls aoe-discover to ask the
40 aoe driver to look for new AoE devices.
41 nai:~# modprobe aoe aoe_iflist="eth0"
43 nai:~# aoe-stat
44 e10.9 eth0 up
45 nai:~# aoe-interfaces eth0 eth3
46 nai:~# aoe-discover
47 nai:~# aoe-stat
48 e7.0 eth3 up
49 e7.1 eth3 up
50 e7.2 eth3 up
51 e7.3 eth3 up
52 e7.4 eth3 up
53 e7.5 eth3 up
54 e7.6 eth3 up
55 e7.7 eth3 up
56 e7.8 eth3 up
57 e7.9 eth3 up
58 e10.9 eth0 up
59 nai:~# aoe-interfaces
60 eth0 eth3
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63 aoe-discover(8), aoe-stat(8), aoetools(8).
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66 Ed L. Cashin (ecashin@coraid.com)
67 aoe-interfaces(8)