> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:openib-general- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sean Hefty > Sent: Thursday, September 29, 2005 2:58 PM > To: Hal Rosenstock > Cc: Openib > Subject: Re: [openib-general] [RFC] IB address translation using ARP > > Hal Rosenstock wrote: > >>I'm struggling with understanding how translation can even occur in this > case. > >>What DGID is used when querying for the path record, and how is it > obtained? > > > > Isn't it the DGID of the next hop IP router ? (I suppose in the case of > > multiple IPoIB subnets on the same IB subnet, it could shortcut somehow > > like NHRP does in terms of ATM v. CLIP (Classic IP over ATM). > > How is the DGID of the next hop IP router used when connecting? As an > aside, do > the IPoIB subnets all fall into the same broadcast domain? > > >>What does SDP do in this case? > > > > Same as AT. It does the route lookup and ARPs for and then asks for the > > PathRecord of the next hop IP router. > > I guess I'm confused here. This gives a path record between the host > system and > the IP router. How is that used to establish a connection to the actual > destination? What values (DLID, DGID, pkey, etc.) go in the CM REQ > message, and > how are those values obtained? > > - Sean
The idea as Hal was describing is following the common IP model: 1. per destination IP (and TOS in IP case) find the outgoing route entry 2. if it's a subnet covered by an adapter (IPoIB in our case, can have multiple per port each with its own P_Key), find the net device to use 3. if its not in one of my subnets than what is the IP of the router covering that destination (e.g. default gateway), and what is the net device I need to use (a device/port/partition combination). 4. send an arp on the net device find destination MAC Note the destination IP in the ARP phase is either the REAL destination IP in case of a local subnet, or the IP router IP address in case of a gateway/router. 5. issue a path record between the source/dest GIDs (DGID taken from ARP Result IPoIB MAC) That's how its done in SDP & ib_at I believe The generalization beyond a local subnet is very important If we want to address all sorts of applications, and configurations And not related to IB routing e.g. a proxy/LB application that sits in between two IP subnets (both over IB), future mapping from IB to external iWarp subnets, IP routers, etc' it also follows the exact flow as in GbE/IP Yaron > _______________________________________________ > openib-general mailing list > [email protected] > http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general > > To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib- > general _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
