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| author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-23 16:45:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-05-23 16:45:13 +0000 |
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| parent | Adding upstream version 18.2.2. (diff) | |
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Adding upstream version 18.2.3.upstream/18.2.3upstream
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diff --git a/doc/rbd/nvmeof-overview.rst b/doc/rbd/nvmeof-overview.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..070024a3a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/rbd/nvmeof-overview.rst @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +.. _ceph-nvmeof: + +====================== + Ceph NVMe-oF Gateway +====================== + +The NVMe-oF Gateway presents an NVMe-oF target that exports +RADOS Block Device (RBD) images as NVMe namespaces. The NVMe-oF protocol allows +clients (initiators) to send NVMe commands to storage devices (targets) over a +TCP/IP network, enabling clients without native Ceph client support to access +Ceph block storage. + +Each NVMe-oF gateway consists of an `SPDK <https://spdk.io/>`_ NVMe-oF target +with ``bdev_rbd`` and a control daemon. Ceph’s NVMe-oF gateway can be used to +provision a fully integrated block-storage infrastructure with all the features +and benefits of a conventional Storage Area Network (SAN). + +.. ditaa:: + Cluster Network (optional) + +-------------------------------------------+ + | | | | + +-------+ +-------+ +-------+ +-------+ + | | | | | | | | + | OSD 1 | | OSD 2 | | OSD 3 | | OSD N | + | {s}| | {s}| | {s}| | {s}| + +-------+ +-------+ +-------+ +-------+ + | | | | + +--------->| | +---------+ | |<----------+ + : | | | RBD | | | : + | +----------------| Image |----------------+ | + | Public Network | {d} | | + | +---------+ | + | | + | +--------------------+ | + | +--------------+ | NVMeoF Initiators | +--------------+ | + | | NVMe‐oF GW | | +-----------+ | | NVMe‐oF GW | | + +-->| RBD Module |<--+ | Various | +-->| RBD Module |<--+ + | | | | Operating | | | | + +--------------+ | | Systems | | +--------------+ + | +-----------+ | + +--------------------+ + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + Requirements <nvmeof-requirements> + Configuring the NVME-oF Target <nvmeof-target-configure> + Configuring the NVMe-oF Initiators <nvmeof-initiators> |