RE: FC device driver for sniffing

2006-09-15 Thread guy keren
@linux.org.il Subject: RE: FC device driver for sniffing Thanks Oleg for your reply. I would like to sniff as much as possible (including encrypted FC3 layers). I am aware of your statement that all HBAs attempt handling FC1-FC4 at firmware level but I hope that I can still find an HBA which will allow

RE: FC device driver for sniffing

2006-09-13 Thread Ophir Munk
To: linux-il@linux.org.il Subject: Re: FC device driver for sniffing Quoting Ophir Munk, from the post of Tue, 12 Sep: Hi, I am looking for a Fiber Channel HBA (under Linux of course) that will operate in sniffing mode and will enable the inspection of all FC traffic at all layers: FC1-FC4

Re: FC device driver for sniffing

2006-09-13 Thread Ira Abramov
Quoting Ophir Munk, from the post of Wed, 13 Sep: Use the source What source? go into the FC driver directory of the kernel, look at the drivers it has and see which ones are bigger with a simple command of du -sh *. I never tried that but I bet you may find ones much bigger than others, they

Re: FC device driver for sniffing

2006-09-13 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Ophir Munk [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am looking for a Fiber Channel HBA (under Linux of course) that will operate in sniffing mode and will enable the inspection of all FC traffic at all layers: FC1-FC4. Common device drivers (e.g. Emulex and QLogic) handle most FC layers at firmware level

RE: FC device driver for sniffing

2006-09-13 Thread Ophir Munk
Thanks Oleg for your reply. I would like to sniff as much as possible (including encrypted FC3 layers). I am aware of your statement that all HBAs attempt handling FC1-FC4 at firmware level but I hope that I can still find an HBA which will allow my CPU handle those layers by itself. I would have

RE: FC device driver for sniffing

2006-09-13 Thread Ophir Munk
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 5:06 PM To: linux-il@linux.org.il Subject: RE: FC device driver for sniffing Thanks Oleg for your reply. I would like to sniff as much as possible (including encrypted FC3 layers). I am aware of your statement that all HBAs attempt handling FC1-FC4 at firmware

Re: FC device driver for sniffing

2006-09-12 Thread Ira Abramov
Quoting Ophir Munk, from the post of Tue, 12 Sep: Hi, I am looking for a Fiber Channel HBA (under Linux of course) that will operate in sniffing mode and will enable the inspection of all FC traffic at all layers: FC1-FC4. Common device drivers (e.g. Emulex and QLogic) handle most FC layers