Re: [Aoetools-discuss] vblade status (AoE protocol features)

[Sam H. <sa...@co...>]

Hello,

> I'd like to use vblade with the Coraid HBA for VMWare ESXi.
> Coraid informed me, that "the HBA accepts arbitrary AoE targets but will
> ONLY work with an AoE Target supporting AoE release 11(lock/release)."

This is true.

> Questions:
> 1) Is the lock/release feature of the AoE-protocol implemented in the
> current vblade target code?

No, not yet.

> 2) Has anybody yet tried a vblade HBA/ESXi target/initiator pairing?

No. 

> 3) is it possible to get the neccessary protocol support in the near
> future?

It's on our todo list, but until there was demand for it we were
getting other things done.  I can say that it will not be a supported
configuration by CORAID for various defensive reasons.  If you go down
this path you'll be the first to find any quirks, and more or less left
to resolve them on your own.

Sam