.TH vblade 8
.SH NAME
vblade \- virtual AoE target
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B vblade
[
.B -i
] [
.B -s
.I size
] [
.B -a
.I shelf.slot
] [
.B -c
.I config
] [
.B -e
ether
]
.B file
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Vblade
serves 
.I file
via AoE (ATA-over-Ethernet)
to the local Ethernet segment connected to the specified interfaces.
The file then appears on the network as an AoE target.
Since AoE uses raw Ethernet frames (no IP), it is an unrouted protocol.
.SS Options
.TP 1i
.B -i
Initialize the configuration header in 
.IR file .
All previous configuration information is lost.  Without this option,
configuration is read from
.I file
and command like options override previous settings.
.TP
.BI -s " n"
The exported target will have size
.IR n ,
rather than the available space in the target.  A size may end in
.LR p ,
.LR t ,
.LR g ,
.LR m ,
or
.LR k
to specify a customary
.I binary
multiplier.
.TP
.BI -a " m.n"
Specify the shelf and slot (or major and minor) address of the target.
Valid shelf numbers are between 0 and 65534.  Valid slots are 0-255.
.TP
.BI -c " s"
Set the AoE config string to
.IR s .
.TP
.BI -e " ether"
Listen to the network port
.IR ether.
Multiple ports may be specified.
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR aoe (3),
.IR sdaoe (3),
.IR http://www.coraid.com/documents/AoEr10.txt .
.SH BUGS
Security depends on control of the local Ethernet segment.  It may be
unwise to serve AoE on a segment bridged to a wireless network.
