From owner-freebsd-scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 8 02:31:10 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 472B516A400 for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 02:31:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from ns.trinitel.com (186.161.36.72.static.reverse.layeredtech.com [72.36.161.186]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CD1813C484 for ; Fri, 8 Jun 2007 02:31:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Received: from neutrino.vnode.org (r74-193-81-203.pfvlcmta01.grtntx.tl.dh.suddenlink.net [74.193.81.203]) (authenticated bits=0) by ns.trinitel.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l581xV2S022732 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-DSS-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 7 Jun 2007 20:59:32 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from anderson@freebsd.org) Message-ID: <4668B7FE.6000608@freebsd.org> Date: Thu, 07 Jun 2007 20:59:26 -0500 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070521) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Arno J. Klaassen" References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.90.1/3377/Thu Jun 7 15:20:29 2007 on ns.trinitel.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ns.trinitel.com Cc: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: howto connect local raid to FC? X-BeenThere: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: SCSI subsystem List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 02:31:10 -0000 On 06/07/07 14:36, Arno J. Klaassen wrote: > Hello, > > sorry if this is an obvious question : > > I have several servers with hard- or software diskarrays (3ware, > gmirror, even some good old ccd). > For years I use nfs/netatalk/samba to share them with other boxes > (nowadays refered to as NAS if I understand correctly). > > Now I would like to connect the local storage to a fibre > channel network (SAN). > I'm new to all this 'SAN'-stuff and before I buy an after > all quite expensive FC-HBA, I would like to know if > it is possible to 'export' e.g. /dev/da1, /dev/ccd0 etc. > to the Fiber Channel interface? > > I found the next citation in a recent email on MPSAFE CAM, which made > me think this might not yet be possible, but is thought of for the > near future (a la atapicam ?) : > > Future work > ----------- > > The CAM API will likely undergo some more small changes to support > future work with newbus integration and SAS/SATA/FC transport > modularization. These changes will hopefully be done before FreeBSD 7.0 > is released. > > > Any idea, help, pointer, [cold shower,] is appreciated. The cold shower is up to you, but you should look at target mode scsi (scsi=target, targ, and isp man pages) for hints on how to do it. It's doable. Eric