IP is used for addressing individual nodes. I am not sure how Solaris handles the routing and addressing. The TCP portion is not used to reduce overhead. I believe there was some talk of encrypting all communications in the Sparc servers. IBM is currently doing this with their T-Rex Z-Series mainframes.
--- Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Randall Shimizu wrote: > > Sparc boxes use addressable ip's on their switched > > crossbar bus. I believe IBM uses ip's as well on > their > > p-series boexes. On Sparc only the ip portion is > used. > > You are saying that Sparc's use Internet Protocol > addresses on the > memory bus on which the cpu's and RAM communicate? > Are you implying that > IP is spoken over this bus? On Sparc only the ip > portion is used...the > ip portion of what? > > -- > Tracy R Reed > http://copilotconsulting.com > 1-877-MY-COPILOT > > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list > -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
