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| author | Zac Dover <zac.dover@gmail.com> | 2022-11-24 19:08:13 +0100 |
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| committer | Zac Dover <zac.dover@gmail.com> | 2022-11-26 21:41:35 +0100 |
| commit | fdb1685f86810bcd707d1915b8e64d7d7bad57eb (patch) | |
| tree | bdf1320e15b9cccb150627e18ffc128bf81da0a8 /doc/rbd/iscsi-overview.rst | |
| parent | Merge pull request #49062 from zdover23/wip-doc-2022-11-26-glossary-ceph-manager (diff) | |
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doc/rbd: update iSCSI gateway info
Update iSCSI gateway info in the RBD documentation.
https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/58080
Signed-off-by: Zac Dover <zac.dover@gmail.com>
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diff --git a/doc/rbd/iscsi-overview.rst b/doc/rbd/iscsi-overview.rst index 69085ddc3b8..879083c3f67 100644 --- a/doc/rbd/iscsi-overview.rst +++ b/doc/rbd/iscsi-overview.rst @@ -4,19 +4,18 @@ Ceph iSCSI Gateway ================== -The iSCSI Gateway presents -a Highly Available (HA) iSCSI target that exports RADOS Block Device (RBD) images -as SCSI disks. The iSCSI protocol allows clients (initiators) to send SCSI commands -to storage devices (targets) over a TCP/IP network, enabling clients without -native Ceph client support to access Ceph block storage. These include -Microsoft Windows and even BIOS. - -Each iSCSI gateway exploits the Linux IO target kernel subsystem (LIO) to provide -iSCSI protocol support. LIO utilizes userspace passthrough (TCMU) to interact -with Ceph's librbd library and expose RBD images to iSCSI clients. With Ceph’s -iSCSI gateway you can provision a fully integrated block-storage -infrastructure with all the features and benefits of a conventional Storage Area -Network (SAN). +The iSCSI Gateway presents a Highly Available (HA) iSCSI target that exports +RADOS Block Device (RBD) images as SCSI disks. The iSCSI protocol allows +clients (initiators) to send SCSI commands to storage devices (targets) over a +TCP/IP network, enabling clients without native Ceph client support to access +Ceph block storage. + +Each iSCSI gateway exploits the Linux IO target kernel subsystem (LIO) to +provide iSCSI protocol support. LIO utilizes userspace passthrough (TCMU) to +interact with Ceph's librbd library and expose RBD images to iSCSI clients. +With Ceph’s iSCSI gateway you can provision a fully integrated block-storage +infrastructure with all the features and benefits of a conventional Storage +Area Network (SAN). .. ditaa:: Cluster Network (optional) @@ -43,6 +42,11 @@ Network (SAN). | +-----------+ | +-------------------+ +.. warning:: + + The iSCSI gateway is in maintenance as of November 2022. This means that + it is no longer in active development and will not be updated to add + new features. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 |