NAME

       aoe-interfaces - restrict aoe driver to specified network interfaces

SYNOPSIS

       aoe-interfaces [dev1] [dev2 ...]
       aoe-interfaces -c

DESCRIPTION

       The  aoe-interfaces command tells the aoe driver to ignore ATA over Ethernet (AoE) traffic
       on all but the specified network interfaces.  It is analogous  to  the  aoe_iflist  module
       load option.

       If  neither the aoe_iflist module load option nor the aoe-interfaces command are used, the
       aoe driver will use any network interface for AoE traffic.  Using aoe-interfaces to  limit
       AoE  to  only  trusted  networks  prevents  the case where a rogue AoE target appears on a
       public network, diverting data from the legitimate AoE target.  Such  an  imposter  target
       effectively corrupts the data on the legitimate target.

       If  the aoe driver is a module, then calling aoe-interfaces without arguments will display
       the current interfaces list.  If it hasn't been set then the output will be blank.

       It's good to run the aoe-discover command after setting the AoE interfaces list.

OPTIONS

       -c     The -c flag will clear the interface access list, permitting any  interface  to  be
              used.

EXAMPLE

       In  this  example,  the  root user on a host named nai loads the aoe module with only eth0
       allowable for AoE traffic.  After remembering that shelf 7 is on eth3, this sysadmin  uses
       aoe-interfaces to add eth3 to the list of allowable network interfaces and then calls aoe-
       discover to ask the aoe driver to look for new AoE devices.

              nai:~# modprobe aoe aoe_iflist="eth0"
              nai:~# aoe-stat
                 e10.9            eth0              up
              nai:~# aoe-interfaces eth0 eth3
              nai:~# aoe-discover
              nai:~# aoe-stat
                  e7.0            eth3              up
                  e7.1            eth3              up
                  e7.2            eth3              up
                  e7.3            eth3              up
                  e7.4            eth3              up
                  e7.5            eth3              up
                  e7.6            eth3              up
                  e7.7            eth3              up
                  e7.8            eth3              up
                  e7.9            eth3              up
                 e10.9            eth0              up
              nai:~# aoe-interfaces
              eth0 eth3

SEE ALSO

       aoe-discover(8), aoe-stat(8), aoetools(8).

AUTHOR

       Ed L. Cashin (ecashin@coraid.com)

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