NVMe Storage Appliance Services (nvme-stas) - Automatic Discovery and Connection Management

Learn about NVMe storage appliance services in this 39-minute technical talk from the Storage Developer Conference 2022. Dive into the open-source Linux project nvme-stas, which provides centralized discovery control, asynchronous event notifications, and automated NVMe subsystem connection management. Explore how the STorage Appliance Finder Daemon (stafd) and STorage Appliance Connector Daemon (stacd) work together to enable zero-touch provisioning, manage discovery controllers, and handle I/O controller connections. Master the implementation of automatic discovery using mDNS, respond to zoning changes with AENs, and gain practical knowledge about installing and configuring nvme-stas on Linux systems. Presented by Dell's Claudio DeSanti, the talk covers essential components, dependencies, configuration options, and future developments of this storage management solution.