Emulex has launched new software developer kit (SDK) for target mode drivers. The Emulex TargetConnect target mode software developer kit will enable data center storage developers to build and deploy Intel architecture-based storage systems using Emulex Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) target mode drivers.
The SDK will support development of two driver options: the Emulex Linux Target Mode Driver for customers supporting Linux-based or custom operating system (OS) proprietary hardware and storage system, and the Emulex Linux SCSI Target Subsystem for Linux (SCST) Driver for developers of Open Source Linux storage systems using the SCST infrastructure. All drivers created using the SDK will be compatible with Emulex’s entire LightPulse adapter product line, the company said.
Steve Daheb, chief marketing officer and senior vice president of business development at Emulex, said: “What’s unique about the TargetConnect target mode SDK is the ability to run both initiator and target-mode devices with a single driver that runs across the entire Emulex product line based on eight generations of advanced, field-proved enterprise technology.”
The Emulex Linux Target Mode Driver is geared for proprietary Linux applications and includes a Linux initiator base driver delivered in source code form, along with a target mode API added to the base driver.
The Emulex Linux SCST Driver interfaces to the Open Source SCSI target subsystem (SCST), offering faster time-to-market and providing extensive target device support, the company claimed.
In addition, the Linux SCST Driver supports SCST drivers for single, dual and quad-channel Emulex LightPulse 4Gb/s and 8Gb/s Fibre Channel Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs), and 10Gb/s Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Converged Network Adapters (CNAs).
According to Emulex, with the new SDK customers will experience: access to a broad enterprise-class product line adapters that are available in broad range of form factors and supported across virtually every model of rack-mount and blade servers, decreased time-to-market for hardware and software developers with Linux-based SDK and technical documentation, support infrastructure from the company during the development phase, and enhanced portability and driver compatibility across all generations of the company’s adapters.
The TargetConnect SDK package is available for a one-time fee of $5,000.
