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Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:09:58 -0500 (CDT)
From: Eric Boutilier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Nitin Hande <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Proposal for IPoIB performance project
On Mon, 23 Apr 2007, Nitin Hande wrote:
Overview:
IP on Infiniband (IPoIB) is a GLDv2 based driver implemented as per IETF RFC
4392 "IP over InfiniBand (IPoIB) Architecture" specification. The Infiniband
architecture describes various modes of transport. IPoIB is implemented using
Unreliable Datagram(UD) transport mode. IPoIB allows to connect IP networks
over Infiniband fabric. This allows standard networking applications to run
unchanged over Infiniband fabric. Some of the main responsibilities of the
driver include transmission and reception of IPoIB protocol frames, managing
multicast memberships etc. There is a requirement to add support for IETF RFC
4755 "IP over InfiniBand: Connected Mode", enhance IPoIB performance and
support for next generation IB silicon features. Similar nature work has
commenced in the Open Fabrics alliance (www.openfabrics.org) to modify IPoIB
driver for Linux and Windows OS to support above requirements.
Scope:
The scope of the project is to:
1. Port the current driver to GLDv3 framework.
2. Performance enhancement work.
3. Supporting all Sun qualified Infiniband HCA feature's relevant to IPoIB.
4. Interoperability of IPoIB driver with Linux and Windows implementations.
Motivation:
The motivation for a opensolaris project is two-fold:
1. To build a developer community around IPoIB.
2. To solicit input from Infiniband users to understand and prioritize newer
features.
Communities of interest
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1. Solaris Networking.
2. Device Drivers.
Dear drivers and networking community leaders,
This project proposal (IPoIB) was posted and seconded on Monday, and
therefore will be initiated soon. So just a heads-up that either the Device
Drivers or Networking Community (as noted above) will likely have to take
on sponsorship of this project. For more information, see OGB draft
proposals 2007/001 and 2007/002:
http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ogb-discuss/2007-April/000263.html
http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/ogb-discuss/2007-April/000289.html
Eric
References
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1. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4392.txt
2. http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4755.txt
3. www.infinibandta.org
4. www.openfabrics.org
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