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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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