And just to complete the picture:

RoCE runs on top of Ethernet (layer 2)
IB runs on top of IB network, link and phy layers
iWARP runs on top of TCP/IP (as Steve says below).

Both RoCE and IB use the same transport layer.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:ewg-
> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Steve Wise
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 9:54 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ewg] iWARP WAN test problem
> 
> Unlike Infiniband, iWARP runs on top of TCP/IP and thus is routable.
> 
> 
> On 03/03/2011 07:45 AM, Tanin wrote:
> > Thanks, Richard.
> > So, is that also apply to iWARP? If there is an IP router in between the
> path, iWARP would not work, right?
> >
> > On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 4:21 AM, [email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>
> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     RDMA only works over layer2 Ethernet. If you have an IP router in
> path it won't work.
> >     For long haul infiniband we use buffer devices, such as obsidian
> longbows, to sustain throughput over the long haul.
> >
> >     Richard
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > Stony Brook University, NY
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