Ok, so ipoib is required...

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nathan stratton


On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 4:45 AM Wei Zhao <zhao6...@gmail.com> wrote:

> From my understanding, the basic idea is that ceph exchange rdma
> information(qp,gid and so) through ip address on rdma device, and then
> communicate with each other throng rdma. But in my tests,  there
> seemed to be some issues in that codes.
>
> On Fri, Jan 3, 2020 at 2:24 AM Nathan Stratton <nat...@robotics.net>
> wrote:
> >
> > I am working on upgrading my current ethernet only ceph cluster to a
> combined ethernet frontend and infiniband backend. From my research I
> understand that I set:
> >
> > ms_cluster_type = async+rdma
> > ms_async_rdma_device_name = mlx4_0
> >
> > What I don't understand is how does ceph know how to reach each OSD over
> RDMA? Do I have to run IPoIB on top of infiniband and use that for OSD
> addresses?
> >
> > Is there a way to use infiniband on backend without IPoIB and just use
> rdma verbs?
> >
> > ><>
> > nathan stratton
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