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.. _ceph-nvmeof:
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Ceph NVMe-oF Gateway
======================
The NVMe-oF Gateway presents an NVMe-oF target that exports
RADOS Block Device (RBD) images as NVMe namespaces. The NVMe-oF protocol allows
clients (initiators) to send NVMe commands to storage devices (targets) over a
TCP/IP network, enabling clients without native Ceph client support to access
Ceph block storage.
Each NVMe-oF gateway consists of an `SPDK <https://spdk.io/>`_ NVMe-oF target
with ``bdev_rbd`` and a control daemon. Cephs NVMe-oF gateway can be used to
provision a fully integrated block-storage infrastructure with all the features
and benefits of a conventional Storage Area Network (SAN).
.. ditaa::
Cluster Network (optional)
+-------------------------------------------+
| | | |
+-------+ +-------+ +-------+ +-------+
| | | | | | | |
| OSD 1 | | OSD 2 | | OSD 3 | | OSD N |
| {s}| | {s}| | {s}| | {s}|
+-------+ +-------+ +-------+ +-------+
| | | |
+--------->| | +---------+ | |<----------+
: | | | RBD | | | :
| +----------------| Image |----------------+ |
| Public Network | {d} | |
| +---------+ |
| |
| +--------------------+ |
| +--------------+ | NVMeoF Initiators | +--------------+ |
| | NVMeoF GW | | +-----------+ | | NVMeoF GW | |
+-->| RBD Module |<--+ | Various | +-->| RBD Module |<--+
| | | | Operating | | | |
+--------------+ | | Systems | | +--------------+
| +-----------+ |
+--------------------+
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
Requirements <nvmeof-requirements>
Configuring the NVME-oF Target <nvmeof-target-configure>
Configuring the NVMe-oF Initiators <nvmeof-initiators>