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diff --git a/src/ceph/doc/rbd/iscsi-targets.rst b/src/ceph/doc/rbd/iscsi-targets.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b7dcac7 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/ceph/doc/rbd/iscsi-targets.rst @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +============= +iSCSI Targets +============= + +Traditionally, block-level access to a Ceph storage cluster has been +limited to QEMU and ``librbd``, which is a key enabler for adoption +within OpenStack environments. Starting with the Ceph Luminous release, +block-level access is expanding to offer standard iSCSI support allowing +wider platform usage, and potentially opening new use cases. + +- RHEL/CentOS 7.4; or Linux kernel v4.14 or newer + +- A working Ceph Storage cluster, deployed with ``ceph-ansible`` or using the command-line interface + +- iSCSI gateways nodes, which can either be colocated with OSD nodes or on dedicated nodes + +- Separate network subnets for iSCSI front-end traffic and Ceph back-end traffic + +A choice of using Ansible or the command-line interface are the +available deployment methods for installing and configuring the Ceph +iSCSI gateway: + +.. toctree:: + :maxdepth: 1 + + Using Ansible <iscsi-target-ansible> + Using the Command Line Interface <iscsi-target-cli> |