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<H1>blkmapd</H1>
Section: Maintenance Commands (8)<BR>Updated: 11 August 2011<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<H2>NAME</H2>
blkmapd - pNFS block layout mapping daemon
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<H2>SYNOPSIS</H2>
<B>blkmapd [-h] [-d] [-f]</B>
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<H2>DESCRIPTION</H2>
The
<B>blkmapd</B>
daemon performs device discovery and mapping for the parallel NFS (pNFS) block layout
client [RFC5663].
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The pNFS block layout protocol builds a complex storage hierarchy from a set
of
<I>simple volumes.</I>
These simple volumes are addressed by content, using a signature on the
volume to uniquely name each one.
The daemon locates a volume by examining each block device in the system for
the given signature.
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The topology typically consists of a hierarchy of volumes built by striping,
slicing, and concatenating the simple volumes.
The
<B>blkmapd</B>
daemon uses the device-mapper driver to construct logical devices that
reflect the server topology, and passes these devices to the kernel for use
by the pNFS block layout client.
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<H2>OPTIONS</H2>
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<DT id="1"><B>-h</B>
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Display usage message.
<DT id="2"><B>-d</B>
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Performs device discovery only then exits.
<DT id="3"><B>-f</B>
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Runs
<B>blkmapd</B>
in the foreground and sends output to stderr (as opposed to syslogd)
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?5+nfs">nfs</A></B>(5),
<B><A HREF="/cgi-bin/man/man2html?8+dmsetup">dmsetup</A></B>(8)
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RFC 5661 for the NFS version 4.1 specification.
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RFC 5663 for the pNFS block layout specification.
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<H2>AUTHORS</H2>
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Haiying Tang &lt;<A HREF="mailto:Tang_Haiying@emc.com">Tang_Haiying@emc.com</A>&gt;
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Jim Rees &lt;<A HREF="mailto:rees@umich.edu">rees@umich.edu</A>&gt;
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<DT id="4"><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
<DT id="5"><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
<DT id="6"><A HREF="#lbAD">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT id="7"><A HREF="#lbAE">OPTIONS</A><DD>
<DT id="8"><A HREF="#lbAF">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
<DT id="9"><A HREF="#lbAG">AUTHORS</A><DD>
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