From 1cec6095864f9f2c84bfde82a7983b3625ff2ba5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mitsuhiro Tanino Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 17:53:19 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add fibre channel volume explanation (#3967) * Add fibre channel volume explanation This patch adds explanation of fibre channel volume including usage of multiple WWNs. Fix #33602 * Fix typos --- docs/concepts/storage/volumes.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/concepts/storage/volumes.md b/docs/concepts/storage/volumes.md index d21143f2d3..bc6b52c5cf 100644 --- a/docs/concepts/storage/volumes.md +++ b/docs/concepts/storage/volumes.md @@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ Kubernetes supports several types of Volumes: * `awsElasticBlockStore` * `nfs` * `iscsi` + * `fc (fibre channel)` * `flocker` * `glusterfs` * `rbd` @@ -320,6 +321,19 @@ simultaneous writers allowed. See the [iSCSI example](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/{{page.githubbranch}}/examples/volumes/iscsi) for more details. +### fc (fibre channel) + +An `fc` volume allows an existing fibre channel volume to be mounted into your pod. +You can specify single or multiple target World Wide Names to the parameter +targetWWNs in your volume configuration. If multiple WWNs are specified, +targetWWNs expects that those WWNs form multipath connection. + +__Important: You must configure FC SAN Zoning to allocate and mask those +LUNs (volumes) to the target WWNs beforehand so that Kubernetes hosts +can access them__ + +See the [FC example](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/tree/{{page.githubbranch}}/examples/volumes/fibre_channel) for more details. + ### flocker [Flocker](https://clusterhq.com/flocker) is an open-source clustered container data volume manager. It provides management