FreeBSD fiber channel target

Introduction

You need:

• FreeBSD with a kernel that supports your card, e.g. for QLogic QLE2462
• a fiber channel card that supports target mode
• a ZFS zvol

Create a ZFS zvol

This will create a sparse 850GB ZFS zvol.

sudo zfs create -p -s -V 850g tank1/export/fc

References

• Migrating to FreeBSD from Solaris 11: Part 3 - Importing ZVols for serving via Fiber Channel
• Applied FreeBSD: Fibre Channel Target