> Quoting r. Michael S. Tsirkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Subject: RE: [openib-general] [PATCH] IB/SRP: Enable multichannel > >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
I agree. That was exactly what I had in mind. I'll work on the patch that does that. Madhu _______________________________________________ openib-general mailing list [email protected] http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general To unsubscribe, please visit http://openib.org/mailman/listinfo/openib-general
