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Protocol
Description
iscsi:
iSCSI targets using connections initiated
from domain 0
npiv:
Fibre Channel connections initiated from
domain 0
5.11 Virtual Disks
Virtual disks can be based on the following types of physical devices and files. Each
type includes an example statement.
• A physical disk device, such as a DVD, that is accessible as a device to the host.
phy:/dev/cdrom
• A file that contains a disk image accessible from the file system of the host. Disk
images can be encoded as raw, QEMU, or VMware.
file:/mnt/disks/sles10sp1.iso
tap:aio:/mnt/disks/sles10sp1.iso specifies a raw disk that might be
taken from a different virtualization platform.
tap:qcow:/mnt/disks/sles10sp1.iso.qcow
tap:vmdk:/mnt/disks/sles10sp1.iso.vmdk
• A remote storage device specified using the Internet SCSI (iSCSI) protocol.
iscsi:iqn.2001-04.com.acme@0ac47ee2-216e-452a-a341-a12624cd0225
• A remote storage device specified using a Fibre Channel (NPIV) protocol.
npiv:210400e08b80c40f
Example
iscsi:IQN,LUN
npiv:NPIV,LUN
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