[PATCH 2/3] add a full blown connect man page
Christoph Hellwig
hch at lst.de
Thu Nov 17 08:26:26 PST 2016
Mostly based on the wording in connect-all.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch at lst.de>
---
Documentation/nvme-connect.txt | 89 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Documentation/nvme-connect.txt b/Documentation/nvme-connect.txt
index affcedf..ef1b3c4 100644
--- a/Documentation/nvme-connect.txt
+++ b/Documentation/nvme-connect.txt
@@ -3,39 +3,52 @@ nvme-connect(1)
NAME
----
-nvme-connect - Connect to an NVMe-over-Fabrics subsystem.
+nvme-connect - Connect to a Fabrics controller.
SYNOPSIS
--------
[verse]
-'nvme connect' [device]
- [--transport=<trtype> | -t <trtype>]
- [--traddr=<traddr> | -a <traddr>]
- [--host-traddr=<traddr>| -w <host-traddr>]
- [--trsvcid=<trsvcid> | -s <trsvcid>]
- [--hostnqn=<hostnqn> | -q <hostnqn>]
- [--nqn=<subnqn> | -n <subnqn>]
- [--nr-io-queues=<#> | -i <#>]
- [--keep-alive-tmo=<#> | -k <#>]
- [--reconnect-delay=<#> | -c <#>]
+'nvme connect'
+ [--transport=<trtype> | -t <trtype>]
+ [--nqn=<subnqn> | -n <subnqn>]
+ [--traddr=<traddr> | -a <traddr>]
+ [--trsvcid=<trsvcid> | -s <trsvcid>]
+ [--host_traddr=<traddr> | -w <traddr>]
+ [--hostnqn=<hostnqn> | -q <hostnqn>]
+ [--nr-io-queues=<#> | -i <#>]
+ [--keep-alive-tmo=<#> | -k <#>]
+ [--reconnect-delay=<#> | -c <#>]
DESCRIPTION
-----------
-TBD (note 'device' is optional)
-
-BACKGROUND
-----------
-TBD
+Create a transport connection to a remote system (specified by --traddr and
+--trsvcid) and create a NVMe over Fabrics controller for the NVMe subsystem
+specified by the --nqn option.
OPTIONS
-------
-t <trtype>::
--transport=<trtype>::
- TBD
+ This field specifies the network fabric being used for
+ a NVMe-over-Fabrics network. Current string values include:
++
+[]
+|=================
+|Value|Definition
+|rdma|The network fabric is an rdma network (RoCE, iWARP, Infiniband, basic rdma, etc)
+|fc |*WIP* The network fabric is a Fibre Channel network.
+|loop|Connect to a NVMe over Fabrics target on the local host
+|=================
+
+-n <subnqn>::
+--nqn <subnqn>::
+ This field specifies the name for the NVMe subsystem to connect to.
-a <traddr>::
--traddr=<traddr>::
- TBD
+ This field specifies the network address of the Controller.
+ For transports using IP addressing (e.g. rdma) this should be an
+ IP-based address (ex. IPv4).
-w <traddr>::
--host-traddr=<traddr>::
@@ -43,39 +56,53 @@ OPTIONS
-s <trsvcid>::
--trsvcid=<trsvcid>::
- TBD
-
+ This field specifies the transport service id. For transports using IP
+ addressing (e.g. rdma) this field is the port number. By default, the IP
+ port number for the RDMA transport is 4420.
+
+-s <traddr>::
+--host_traddr=<traddr>::
+ This field specifies the network address used on the host to connect
+ to the Controller.
+
-q <hostnqn>::
--hostnqn=<hostnqn>::
- TBD
-
--n <subnqn>::
---nqn=<subnqn>::
- TBD
+ Overrides the default Host NQN that identifies the NVMe Host.
+ If this option is not specified, the default is read from
+ /etc/nvme/hostnqn first. If that does not exist, the autogenerated
+ NQN value from the NVMe Host kernel module is used next.
+ The Host NQN uniquely identifies the NVMe Host.
-i <#>::
---nr-io-queues<#>::
- TBD
+--nr-io-queues=<#>::
+ Overrides the default number of I/O queues create by the driver.
-k <#>::
--keep-alive-tmo=<#>::
- TBD
+ Overrides the default keep alive timeout (in seconds).
-c <#>::
--reconnect-delay=<#>::
- TBD
+ Overrides the default delay (in seconds) before reconnect is attempted
+ after a connect loss.
EXAMPLES
--------
-* TBD
+* Connect to a subsystem named nqn.2014-08.com.example:nvme:nvm-subsystem-sn-d78432
+on the IP4 address 192.168.1.3. Port 4420 is used by default:
+
------------
-# nvme connect...
+# nvme connect --transport=rdma --traddr=192.168.1.3 \
+--nqn=nqn.2014-08.com.example:nvme:nvm-subsystem-sn-d78432
+------------
+
------------
SEE ALSO
--------
nvme-discover(1)
+nvme-connect-all(1)
+
AUTHORS
-------
--
2.1.4
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