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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0" xml:id="fibrechannel">
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<title>Nova Compute Fibre Channel Support</title>
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<section xml:id="fibre-channel-overview"><title>Overview of Fibre Channel Support</title>
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<para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Fibre Channel support in OpenStack Compute is remote block storage attached
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to Compute nodes for VMs.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Fibre Channel supports the KVM hypervisor in only the grizzly release.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>There is no automatic zoning support in Nova or Cinder for Fibre Channel.
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Fibre Channel arrays must be pre-zoned or directly attached to the KVM
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hosts.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="fibre-channel-reqs">
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<title>Requirements for KVM Hosts</title>
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<para>The KVM host must have the following system packages installed:</para>
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<para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<filename>sysfstools</filename> - Nova uses the <filename>systool</filename>
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application in this package.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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<filename>sg3-utils</filename> - Nova uses the <filename>sg_scan</filename>
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and <filename>sginfo</filename> applications.</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<para>Installing the <filename>multipath-tools</filename> package is optional.</para>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="fibre-channel-packages">
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<title>Installing the Required Packages</title>
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<para>Use the following commands to install the system packages.</para>
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<para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>For systems running Ubuntu:</para>
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<para>
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>sudo apt-get install sysfstools sg3-utils multipath-tools</userinput></screen>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>For systems running Red Hat:</para>
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<para>
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>sudo yum install sysfstools sg3_utils multipath-tools</userinput></screen>
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</para>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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</section>
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