Hi cinder team,
I'd like to know if cinder supports NVMe/FC. From nvmeof connector [1], it seems only RoCE(RDMA) and TCP.
[1] https://opendev.org/openstack/os-brick/src/branch/master/os_brick/initiator/...
Thank you! Yian
Hi Yian,
I have a similar understanding of the NVMe-oF connector. Also the in-tree drivers we have support TCP and RoCE[1] only. I'm unable to find any proposed patches in gerrit for FC support[2].
Maybe +Gorka Eguileor geguileo@redhat.com can provide more insights why FC is currently not supported and if we have any future plans for its support.
[1] https://docs.openstack.org/cinder/latest/reference/support-matrix.html [1] https://review.opendev.org/q/project:openstack/os-brick+status:open+nvme
On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 9:40 AM yian.zong@dell.com wrote:
Hi cinder team,
I'd like to know if cinder supports NVMe/FC.
From nvmeof connector [1], it seems only RoCE(RDMA) and TCP.
[1] https://opendev.org/openstack/os-brick/src/branch/master/os_brick/initiator/...
Thank you! Yian
On 24/04, Rajat Dhasmana wrote:
Hi Yian,
I have a similar understanding of the NVMe-oF connector. Also the in-tree drivers we have support TCP and RoCE[1] only. I'm unable to find any proposed patches in gerrit for FC support[2].
Maybe +Gorka Eguileor geguileo@redhat.com can provide more insights why FC is currently not supported and if we have any future plans for its support.
[1] https://docs.openstack.org/cinder/latest/reference/support-matrix.html [1] https://review.opendev.org/q/project:openstack/os-brick+status:open+nvme
Hi,
You are both right, there is currently no support in OpenStack (os-brick or Cinder) for the NVMe-FC transport protocol.
The reason is simple, nobody has volunteered to do the work.
I've heard that there are some end users interested, but none are my customers, so I haven't given any priority to that effort.
If I recall correctly, when I looked into it, it seemed like even the LVM+nvmet cinder driver+target could be updated to support NVMe-FC to allow development for those that don't have a real storage array supporting NVMe-FC. All that would be needed are newer model HBAs supporting NVMe-oF and supporting direct port connection without going through a switch (otherwise a modern FC switch would also be needed).
Cheers, Gorka.
On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 9:40 AM yian.zong@dell.com wrote:
Hi cinder team,
I'd like to know if cinder supports NVMe/FC.
From nvmeof connector [1], it seems only RoCE(RDMA) and TCP.
[1] https://opendev.org/openstack/os-brick/src/branch/master/os_brick/initiator/...
Thank you! Yian
Hi Rajat and Gorka,
Thank you for the confirmation! I'm looking into the opportunity to support NVMe-FC for PowerStore cinder driver.
BR, Yian
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On 24/04, Rajat Dhasmana wrote:
Hi Yian,
I have a similar understanding of the NVMe-oF connector. Also the in-tree drivers we have support TCP and RoCE[1] only. I'm unable to find any proposed patches in gerrit for FC support[2].
Maybe +Gorka Eguileor geguileo@redhat.com can provide more insights why FC is currently not supported and if we have any future plans for its support.
[1] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.openstack.org/cinder/latest/r eference/support-matrix.html__;!!LpKI!gGU7qqGiln81kFXleOxEyqrR5eQ6RmKH o1rCVa6RyjL5I_iigHn_XhpyunFyIGapl1xVSHsy9zQUmcot$ [docs[.]openstack[.]org] [1] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://review.opendev.org/q/project:opens tack/os-brick*status:open*nvme__;Kys!!LpKI!gGU7qqGiln81kFXleOxEyqrR5eQ 6RmKHo1rCVa6RyjL5I_iigHn_XhpyunFyIGapl1xVSHsy9w5YYx6E$ [review[.]opendev[.]org]
Hi,
You are both right, there is currently no support in OpenStack (os-brick or Cinder) for the NVMe-FC transport protocol.
The reason is simple, nobody has volunteered to do the work.
I've heard that there are some end users interested, but none are my customers, so I haven't given any priority to that effort.
If I recall correctly, when I looked into it, it seemed like even the LVM+nvmet cinder driver+target could be updated to support NVMe-FC to allow development for those that don't have a real storage array supporting NVMe-FC. All that would be needed are newer model HBAs supporting NVMe-oF and supporting direct port connection without going through a switch (otherwise a modern FC switch would also be needed).
Cheers, Gorka.
On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 9:40 AM yian.zong@dell.com wrote:
Hi cinder team,
I'd like to know if cinder supports NVMe/FC.
From nvmeof connector [1], it seems only RoCE(RDMA) and TCP.
[1] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://opendev.org/openstack/os-brick/s rc/branch/master/os_brick/initiator/connectors/nvmeof.py*L156__;Iw!! LpKI!gGU7qqGiln81kFXleOxEyqrR5eQ6RmKHo1rCVa6RyjL5I_iigHn_XhpyunFyIGa pl1xVSHsy98uyK1nX$ [opendev[.]org]
Thank you! Yian
On 25/04, Zong, Yian wrote:
Hi Rajat and Gorka,
Thank you for the confirmation! I'm looking into the opportunity to support NVMe-FC for PowerStore cinder driver.
Hi,
If you want to support NVMe-FC in the PowerStore cinder driver you will also need to do the appropriate code changes to the os-brick nvmeof connector [1] to support it.
I believe Simon from Pure Storage (IRC handle simondodsley) was also interested in having NVMe-FC support in OpenStack, and he had some ideas of some of the changes that were needed.
Cheers, Gorka.
[1]: https://opendev.org/openstack/os-brick/src/branch/master/os_brick/initiator/...
BR, Yian
Internal Use - Confidential -----Original Message----- From: Gorka Eguileor geguileo@redhat.com Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2024 8:07 PM To: Rajat Dhasmana rdhasman@redhat.com Cc: Zong, Yian Yian.Zong@dell.com; openstack-discuss@lists.openstack.org Subject: Re: [cinder][dev][ptl] NVMe/FC
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On 24/04, Rajat Dhasmana wrote:
Hi Yian,
I have a similar understanding of the NVMe-oF connector. Also the in-tree drivers we have support TCP and RoCE[1] only. I'm unable to find any proposed patches in gerrit for FC support[2].
Maybe +Gorka Eguileor geguileo@redhat.com can provide more insights why FC is currently not supported and if we have any future plans for its support.
[1] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://docs.openstack.org/cinder/latest/r eference/support-matrix.html__;!!LpKI!gGU7qqGiln81kFXleOxEyqrR5eQ6RmKH o1rCVa6RyjL5I_iigHn_XhpyunFyIGapl1xVSHsy9zQUmcot$ [docs[.]openstack[.]org] [1] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://review.opendev.org/q/project:opens tack/os-brick*status:open*nvme__;Kys!!LpKI!gGU7qqGiln81kFXleOxEyqrR5eQ 6RmKHo1rCVa6RyjL5I_iigHn_XhpyunFyIGapl1xVSHsy9w5YYx6E$ [review[.]opendev[.]org]
Hi,
You are both right, there is currently no support in OpenStack (os-brick or Cinder) for the NVMe-FC transport protocol.
The reason is simple, nobody has volunteered to do the work.
I've heard that there are some end users interested, but none are my customers, so I haven't given any priority to that effort.
If I recall correctly, when I looked into it, it seemed like even the LVM+nvmet cinder driver+target could be updated to support NVMe-FC to allow development for those that don't have a real storage array supporting NVMe-FC. All that would be needed are newer model HBAs supporting NVMe-oF and supporting direct port connection without going through a switch (otherwise a modern FC switch would also be needed).
Cheers, Gorka.
On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 9:40 AM yian.zong@dell.com wrote:
Hi cinder team,
I'd like to know if cinder supports NVMe/FC.
From nvmeof connector [1], it seems only RoCE(RDMA) and TCP.
[1] https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://opendev.org/openstack/os-brick/s rc/branch/master/os_brick/initiator/connectors/nvmeof.py*L156__;Iw!! LpKI!gGU7qqGiln81kFXleOxEyqrR5eQ6RmKHo1rCVa6RyjL5I_iigHn_XhpyunFyIGa pl1xVSHsy98uyK1nX$ [opendev[.]org]
Thank you! Yian
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Gorka Eguileor
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