====== Exporting disk images via AoE ======

===== Installing the AoE target software =====

If you do not have dedicated AoE target hardware, you will need to install the //vblade// package.  Most distros seem to provide this package; if yours doesn't then you can download the source for the latest version from [[http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=130453&package_id=143790]].

===== Adding an AoE target image =====

To add a disk image file as an AoE target, you need to add a single line to ///etc/vblade.conf//:

    ethX N M /path/to/image/file.img

where //ethX// is the network device via which you want to serve the image, ///path/to/image/file.img// is the path to the disk image file, and //N M// is a unique AoE shelf:slot number within your network.  (If this is the only AoE target disk you are setting up, just use //0 0//.)

The AoE target name for this disk image is

   eN.M

where //N// and //M// are the shelf and slot numbers you specified in ///etc/vblade.conf//.  For example, if your ///etc/vblade.conf// line reads

    eth2 0 0 /var/lib/images/win2k3.img

then the AoE target name is

    e0.0

Make a note of this AoE target name.  You are now ready to

  * [[sanboot:aoe_boot|Boot from your AoE target image]]