Fedora
The Linux SCSI Target Wiki
| Company / developer |
Fedora Project, (sponsored by Red Hat) |
|---|---|
| OS family | Unix-like (based on Red Hat Linux) |
| Working state | Production |
| Source model | Free and open source software |
| Initial release | 2003-11-16 |
| Latest stable release | 6.2 / November 8, 2011 |
| Language(s) | Multilingual |
| Update method | Yum (PackageKit) |
| Package manager | RPM Package Manager |
| Supported platforms | x86, x86-64 |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Userland | GNU |
| Default user interface | GNOME 3 |
| License | Various free software licenses, plus proprietary binary blobs. |
| Official website | www.fedoraproject.org |
Fedora formerly Fedora Core, is an RPM-based, general purpose collection of software, including an operating system based on the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat. Fedora’s flexibility makes it capable of serving as a digital repository for a variety of use cases. The Fedora Project’s mission is to lead the advancement of free and open source software and content as a collaborative community.[1]
LIO has been the default block storage target from Fedora version 16, which was released on 8/8/2011.
Contents |
Summary
| Versions | 16, 17/18 |
|---|---|
| Archive | Fedora Rawhide |
| Source gits | target_core.ko, targetcli (RedHat’s derived version: targetcli-fb.git) |
| Documentation | Target Wiki |
Installation
The user space shell targetcli can be installed as follows:
su -c 'yum install targetcli'
Run targetcli as ‘root’ as follows:
# PYTHONPATH=. ./scripts/targetcli
Initiator
The Open-iSCSI Initiator comes pre-installed on Fedora.
See also
| Distribution | Version[Linux 1] | Release | Archive | Install | Source git[Linux 2] | Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CentOS | 6.2 | 2011-12-20 | CentOS mirror | su -c ‘yum install fcoe-target-utils’ | targetcli-fb.git | Tech Notes |
| Debian | 7.0 (“wheezy“) | TBA | Debian pool | su -c ‘apt-get install targetcli’ | targetcli | |
| Fedora | 16, 17/18 | 2011-11-08 | Fedora Rawhide | su -c ‘yum install targetcli’ | targetcli-fb.git | Target Wiki |
| openSUSE | 12.1 | 2011-11-08 | Requires manual installation from targetcli. | |||
| RHEL | 6.2 | 2011-11-16 | Fedora Rawhide | su -c ‘yum install fcoe-target-utils’ | targetcli-fb.git | Tech Notes |
| Scientific Linux | 6.2 | 2012-02-16 | SL Mirror | su -c ‘yum install fcoe-target-utils’ | targetcli-fb.git | Tech Notes |
| SLES | SP2 | 2012-02-15 | Requires manual installation from targetcli. | |||
| Ubuntu | PrecisePangolin v12 | 2012-04-26 | Ubuntu universe | su -c ‘apt-get install targetcli’ | targetcli | |
- ↑ The distribution release where LIO was included first.
- ↑ Technical support, and qualified backports to other kernels and distributions are available from Datera.
Notes
External links
- Fedora Official website
- Fedora Wikipedia entry
- How to Connect to an iSCSI Volume using Open-iSCSI in Linux
