config FCST | |
tristate "SCST FCoE target module" | |
depends on LIBFC && SCST | |
help | |
The fcst kernel module implements an SCST target driver for the FCoE | |
protocol. FCoE or Fibre Channel over Ethernet is a protocol that | |
allows to communicate fibre channel frames over an Ethernet | |
network. Since the FCoE protocol requires a lossless Ethernet | |
network, special network adapters and switches are required. | |
Ethernet network adapters that support FCoE are called Converged | |
Network Adapters (CNA). The standard that makes lossless Ethernet | |
communication possible is called DCB or Data Center Bridging. Since | |
FCoE frames are a kind of Ethernet frames, communication between | |
FCoE clients and servers is limited to a single Ethernet broadcast | |
domain. |