Fibre channel block storage support (nova changes)

Registered by Kurt Martin

Currently block storage can be attached to hosts via iSCSI. Adding support for block storage attaching to hosts via Fibre Channel SANs as well. This blueprint will be for the nova changes required to perform the attach/detach of the fibre channel storage to a KVM VM. The nova and cinder specification URL is http://wiki.openstack.org/Cinder/FibreChannelSupport

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Vish Ishaya
Priority:
Low
Drafter:
Kurt Martin
Direction:
Approved
Assignee:
Kurt Martin
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for grizzly
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
milestone icon 2013.1
Started by
Kurt Martin
Completed by
Kurt Martin

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Gerrit topic: https://review.openstack.org/#q,topic:bp/libvirt-fibre-channel,n,z

Addressed by: https://review.openstack.org/19992
    Fibre channel block storage support (nova changes)

Requires devstack project commit to support FC: https://review.openstack.org/#/c/20003
    Add Nova fibre channel support required packages

Gerrit topic: https://review.openstack.org/#q,topic:fibrechannel,n,z

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