Quoting r. Lakshmanan, Madhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: RE: [openib-general] [PATCH] IB/SRP: Enable multichannel > > Quoting r. Vu Pham [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > Subject: Re: [PATCH] IB/SRP: Enable multichannel > > What is the advantage to have multiple connections/qps on the same > >physical port to the same target? The disavantages are wasting > >resources, instability, no fail-over on physical port error... > > The advantage is if the target in question is an IOC that connects to a > FC SAN for example. In this case, the host is physically connected to > the same IOC, but can maintain independent logical connections to > specific storage devices on the SAN that are "behind" the IOC.
We could just let the user specify the Id Ext when adding the device. How does this sound? -- MST _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
