Hi,

I have a question regarding this,

1. Do the target to be on the same version (linux kernel 4.8) as of initiator. ?  or is there any minimum version I have to be in. ? I am using 3.18 linux kernel

2. Since the support is through the Mellanox, do we need to have the same OFED version to be installed on both initiator and target ?

Thanks

-kiru

From: SPDK [mailto:spdk-bounces@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of Walker, Benjamin
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 10:27 PM
To: Storage Performance Development Kit
Subject: Re: [SPDK] how to use spdk's nvme over fabrics

The guide linked below is our best attempt at documentation so far. I do really need to write more. The general outline is the following, assuming you have two systems (initiator and target) connected via RDMA NICs:

1) On the target system, compile SPDK. Follow the guide linked below to start the SPDK NVMe-oF target application. A fully documented example configuration file is in <spdk repo>/etc/nvmf/nvmf.conf.in �C use that as the starting point.

2) On the initiator system, make sure you are running Linux kernel 4.8 and have nvme-cli installed. This is outside of SPDK, so we don’t provide instructions on how to do this. By far, the easiest way is to just install Fedora 24/25 on the initiator. It has a suitable kernel by default and the nvme-cli tool is packaged, so you have zero additional configuration to do.

3) The nvme-cli tool is capable of configuring the Linux kernel’s built-in NVMe-oF initiator to connect to a target. You simply type something like “nvme connect �Ct rdma �Ca <ip> -s <port> -n <nqn>”, where the values match the ones you put into the SPDK NVMe-oF target’s configuration file. The initiator will then connect and a block device will appear on the initiator system at /dev/nvmeX.

Only step #1 is SPDK-specific. Step #2 and #3 are the same if you are using the Linux kernel’s NVMe-oF target �C that’s why we don’t really document those today.

From: SPDK [mailto:spdk-bounces@lists.01.org] On Behalf Of Lei Zhu
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 7:54 PM
To: Storage Performance Development Kit <spdk@lists.01.org>
Subject: [SPDK] 答复: how to use spdk's nvme over fabrics

Hi,

You can follow this guide:

NVMe over Fabrics Target Getting Started Guide

http://www.spdk.io/spdk/doc/nvmf_getting_started.html

发件人: SPDK [mailto:spdk-bounces@lists.01.org] 代表 Wang, Teng
发送时间: 2016年11月30日 6:45
收件人: spdk@lists.01.org
主题: [SPDK] how to use spdk's nvme over fabrics

Hi all,

Is there any detailed instruction or sample code for using SPDK's NVMe over fabrics?

How to set up the experiment? I would really appreciate if anyone give me some

Instructions or materials on this.

Thanks,

Teng